SOPCJAK v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH GOV.

Nos. 98-240, 98-241.

721 So.2d 537 (1998)

Edwin and Juanita SOPCJAK, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY-PARISH GOVERNMENT OF LAFAYETTE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Kerry MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY-PARISH GOVERNMENT OF LAFAYETTE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Rowe, Anthony F. Whitford, Luke Edwards, Lafayette, for Edwin and Juanita Sopcjak in No. 98-240.

Terry L. Rowe, Anthony F. Whitford, Lafayette, for Edwin and Juanita Sopcjak in No. 98-241.

H. Lee Leonard, Lafayette, for City-Parish Government of Lafayette, et al.

James L. Pate, Lafayette, Kenneth W. Jones, Jr., for Town of Broussard.

Patrick J. Briney, Lafayette, for Parish of Lafayette, et al.

Edward M. Campbell, Baton Rouge, Jenny M. Matte, AGA, for State through DOTD.

Barney R. Aucoin, Lafayette, for Kerry Miller in No. 98-240.

Barney R. Aucoin, Luke Edwards, Lafayette, for Kerry Miller in No. 98-241.

Joseph Michael Stiltner, J. Scott Thomas, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Workers' Comp.

Before DECUIR, AMY and PICKETT, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

In these consolidated cases, plaintiffs, Edwin and Juanita Sopcjak appeal the trial court's grant of motions for summary judgment on behalf of the Parish of Lafayette (through its legal successor, the Lafayette City/Parish Consolidated Government) (hereinafter Lafayette Parish) and the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

FACTS

On April 11, 1996, a vehicle being driven by Kerry Miller, and in...

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