URCIA v. DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEVE.

No. 94-CA-78.

638 So.2d 416 (1994)

Jesus URCIA, Individually and on Behalf of his Minor Children Patrick Urcia and Kathleen Urcia v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR the STATE of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Peter Breslin, Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Breslin & Murray, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ernest L. Jones, Elie, Jones & Gray, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before KLIEBERT, C.J., and DUFRESNE and CANNELLA, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Chief Judge.

This case involves issues of liability for damages sustained in a rear-end collision. On May 30, 1991, a vehicle owned by the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and operated by its employee, Stephen Mayfield, struck the rear of a vehicle operated by Milagros Urcia. The accident occurred on the Westbank Expressway in Gretna, Louisiana. Mrs. Urcia was killed in the accident.

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