MORRIS v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 94 CA 2545.

664 So.2d 1192 (1995)

Richard & Bunnie MORRIS v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety, Forest Kieff, Jr., Ray J. Ordoyne, Old Hickory Insurance Co. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

As Corrected on Limited Grant of Rehearing November 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny J. Lirette, Houma, David J. Shea, Houma, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Richard & Bunnie Morris.

Scotty E. Chabert, Cutoff, for Appellant, Dept. of Transportation.

Charles Schutte, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Security National.

William V. Dodd, Houma, for Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.

Dana Ortego, Houma, for Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office.

Lloyd Bourgeois, Labadieville, for LIGA (Old Hickory Casualty Ins. Co. Forest Kieff, Jr.)

Before CARTER and PITCHER, JJ., and CRAIN J. Pro Tem.


HILLARY J. CRAIN, Judge Pro Tem.

Beginning Friday, December 22, 1989, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes were crippled by a severe ice and snow storm. This was unusually severe weather for the geographic area. By December 24th, the ice and snow had begun to melt. On the morning of December 25, 1989, plaintiff Richard Morris was traveling westbound on the Bourg-Larose highway (LA 24) when he observed an automobile driven by Curtis Gregory which was traveling east on...

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