ESTATE OF THOMAS v. STATE, DOTD

No. 23653-CA.

604 So.2d 617 (1992)

ESTATE OF Willie THOMAS, Sr., Estate of Mary Lou Thomas, and Estate of Lueressie Washington Stuart, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied November 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rankin, Yeldell, Herring & Katz by Richard A. Bailly, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Bastrop, for defendant-appellant.

Mack E. Barham, Robert E. Arceneaux, Kathy S. Austin, New Orleans, Cooper & Hales by Myrt T. Hales, Jr., Rayville, Michael E. Kramer, Winnsboro, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MARVIN, NORRIS and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the natural children of Willie Thomas, Sr. and Mary Lou Thomas (eight children), and of Lueressie Washington Stuart (three children), filed suit against the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), alleging that DOTD's failure to properly sign a low clearance bridge in Richland Parish caused the wrongful death of their parent(s). The trial court entered judgment...

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