AMERSON v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT

No. 90-CA-218.

570 So.2d 51 (1990)

Lois AMERSON, et al. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Through its OFFICE OF HIGHWAYS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1990.

Writ Denied February 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Griffith, Sr., Destrehan, for plaintiffs/appellees.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William J. Doran, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant/appellant.

Before BOWES, DUFRESNE and WICKER, JJ.


WICKER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a partial summary judgment on the issue of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's (DOTD) liability for a multi-vehicle accident occurring in St. Charles Parish on October 12, 1982. The appeal is also taken from the sustaining of an exception of res judicata which effectively imposed liability on DOTD. DOTD has appealed the adverse rulings. We reverse and remand.

On October 12, 1983...

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