VALE v. DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEV.

No. 92-CA-2654.

631 So.2d 1327 (1994)

Elma VALE and Gerard Vale v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Ciaccio, Charlotte A. Lagarde, Wessel, Bartels & Ciaccio, and George J.G. Roux, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Gregory J. Lannes, Harriet R. Campbell Young, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Chalmette, for defendant/appellee.

Before BYRNES, PLOTKIN and LANDRIEU, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs Elma Vale and Gerard Vale appeal a trial court judgment in favor of defendant, Louisiana State Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). We affirm.

Both plaintiffs claim to have been injured when their car hit the median separating northbound and southbound traffic on Paris Road in St. Bernard Parish. The accident occurred on January 6, 1990, during a driving rainstorm. Mr. Vale, who was driving, stated at trial that he...

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