MITCHELL v. STATE, THROUGH DOTD

No. 90-1019.

596 So.2d 353 (1992)

Willard MITCHELL, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1992.

Writ Denied July 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuhrer, Flournoy, Hunter & Morton, John Morton, Alexandria, John W. Pickett, Many, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellant.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

This appeal arises from an automobile accident that happened on a two lane section of Highway 1 in Rapides Parish at mid-morning on May 21, 1988. Willard Mitchell, his wife Earnestine, and a child, Tonia Richardson, were traveling south in their car. It was raining. Joseph Rachal's automobile, Rachal driving northbound, crossed the centerline, and there was a collision.

Willard and Earnestine Mitchell suffered serious and permanent injuries...

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