WBR CORP. v. STATE

No. 97 CA 0621.

711 So.2d 337 (1998)

WBR CORPORATION v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. McKenzie, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee WBR Corporation.

Charles Rick Albright, II, Baton Rouge, and Ronald J. Bertrand, Rayne, for Defendant-Appellant State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and FOGG, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

In this action, plaintiff seeks damages as a result of DOTD's abandonment of its plans to construct a road over plaintiff's property. From a judgment awarding plaintiff damages in the amount of $1,607,445.00, DOTD appeals.

FACTS

In the early 1980's, James G. Gaspard (hereinafter, "Gaspard"), then a District Right of Way Supervisor with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (hereinafter, "DOTD"), was directed...

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