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CHATELAIN v. STATE, DOTD

No. 21571-CA.

566 So.2d 156 (1990)

Doris CHATELAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Granted November 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broussard, Bolton, Halcomb, Vizzier & Vanhoof, Roy S. Halcomb, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Albert M. Hand, Jr., Shreveport, for State Dept. of Transp. and Development.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Thomas G. Zentner, Jr., Monroe, for Bienville Parish P.J. and Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Gregory Norman Wampler, Colfax, for intervenor, Peggy Tullis Malone.

Before MARVIN, NORRIS and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

MARVIN, Judge.

The appeal in these actions arising out of an alleged wrongful death (CC Arts. 2315.1 and 2315.2) questions

—whether the appellant, decedent's mother, a class two wrongful death beneficiary under the codal scheme, has a right of action when the decedent was also survived by an informally acknowledged, but unfiliated, illegitimate child, —whether that illegitimate child is a class one beneficiary when she...

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