RIGGS v. STATE

No. 85-648.

488 So.2d 443 (1986)

Jansey RIGGS, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Groner, New Iberia, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gibbens & Blackwell, Dennis R. Stevens, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee.

Before STOKER, KING and COX, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

Jansey and Linda Riggs appeal the dismissal of their suit for damages sustained when the Riggs' car, driven by Mrs. Riggs, was struck by a state police vehicle.

The accident occurred near New Iberia on a straight two-lane stretch of Louisiana Highway 182. Mrs. Riggs, accompanied by her one-year-old son and her niece, slowed her vehicle and prepared to make a left-hand turn from the highway into the driveway of the C'est La Place apartment complex...

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