OWENS v. U.S. HOME, INC.

Nos. CA 88 0031 to CA 88 0039.

552 So.2d 998 (1989)

Betty Owens, wife of/and Webster OWENS v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Co., St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Barbara L. Nelson wife of/and Thomas L. NELSON v. U.S. HOME, INC.; Homecraft Land Development, Inc.; Magnolia Construction Co.; St. Tammany Parish Police Jury; State of Louisiana Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Charlotte B. Miceli wife of/and Steven M. MICELI v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Company, St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Edith M. Mangerchine, wife of/and Lawrence P. MANGERCHINE, Sr. v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Company, St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Susan Pollina, wife of/and Roy G. POLLINA v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Co., St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Anna W. Lucas, wife of/and Charles D. LUCAS v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Company, St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana, Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Peggy Christy, wife of/and Jerome CHRISTY v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Co., St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Suzanne Powell, wife of/and Jerry POWELL v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Co., St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana Through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works. Brenda Osborne, wife of/and Thomas C. OSBORNE v. U.S. HOME, INC., Homecraft Land Development, Inc., Magnolia Construction Company, St. Tammany Parish Police Jury, State of Louisiana Through the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Duplechain, Slidell, for plaintiff-appellee Betty Owens.

Henri Wolbrette, III and Arthur H. Leith, Amelia J. Williams, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee U.S. Home, Inc. and Homecraft Land Dev. Co.

Gary M. Zwain, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Magnolia Const. Co.

Donald Giglio, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Lawrence Centola, Jr. and Donald A. Hoffman, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee St. Tammany Parish.

James B. Frederick, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee State of La. through Louisiana Dept. of Transp. & Development, Office of Public Works.

James Jenkins and Lane Carson, and Martha Frazier, Slidell, for defendant-appellee St. Tammany Parish Police Jury.

Before LOTTINGER, CARTER, LANIER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

This appeal arises from a suit brought by nine owners or past owners of homes, which are located in Kingspoint Subdivision, Slidell, Louisiana, against Magnolia Construction Co. (Magnolia), the Parish of St. Tammany through the St. Tammany Parish Police Jury (Parish), and the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, through Office of Public Works (DOTD).1

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