GERACI v. LOUISIANA DOTD

No. 90-CA-1723.

589 So.2d 1215 (1991)

Angela Walle GERACI v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Derbes, Derbes & Waldrup, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Sidney H. Cates, IV and Troy N. Bell, Carter & Cates, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

David V. Batt and Lane A. Schaffer, Lobman, Carnahan & Batt, Metairie, for defendant/appellee.

Before KLEES, BYRNES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is the proper measure of damages due plaintiff Angela Geraci for the injuries she received in a vehicular accident on January 4, 1987.

FACTS

The accident occurred when the Chevrolet Blazer in which Ms. Geraci was riding unexpectedly left the highway and plunged into a canal, allegedly because of a defect in the highway shoulder. Ms. Geraci, who was riding in the front passenger seat, was propelled partially...

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