ROGERS v. DAIGLE

No. 93 CA 1523.

643 So.2d 758 (1994)

Steve P. ROGERS, Sr. and Shirley E. Rogers v. Lane T. DAIGLE, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, and State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Opinion Granting Rehearing October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Pellegrin, Houma, for plaintiffs-appellants Steve P. Rogers, Sr. and Shirley E. Rogers.

William F. Dodd, Houma, for defendant-appellee Dept. of Transp. and Development.

William Kelly, Metairie, for defendant-appellee Prudential and Cas. Ins. Co.

Lloyd T. Bourgeois, Labadieville, for defendant-appellee Don Calongne, Charles Chauvin, II and State Farm Fire and Cas.

Jerry H. Schwab, Houma, for defendant-appellee State Farm Auto. Ins. Co.

Before WATKINS, SHORTESS and FOGG, JJ.


FOGG, Judge.

This appeal from a judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' suit involves the issue of whether the owners of a brick mailbox on the shoulder of a highway and the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD), are liable to the plaintiffs in negligence for the death of their son, a passenger in a vehicle which crashed into the mailbox.

The plaintiffs, Steve and Shirley Rogers, filed...

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