SOILEAU v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF TRANSP. AND DEV.

No. 97-1541.

724 So.2d 834 (1998)

Charles D. SOILEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE of Louisiana Through The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF the STATE OF LOUISIANA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Craig Dupre, Ville Platte, for Charles D. Soileau.

Timothy Alan Maragos, Baton Rouge, for State of Louisiana, through DOTD.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and YELVERTON and AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff filed suit against the State to recover damages for injuries sustained when his vehicle struck a bridge on Louisiana Highway 3042. The plaintiff alleges that these injuries would not have occurred, or would not have been as serious, in the presence of guardrails on the bridge. Following a trial, the jury found in favor of the State. The plaintiff appeals arguing that the jury's factual findings were interdicted by legal errors made during...

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