WASHINGTON v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 99 CA 1987.

752 So.2d 367 (2000)

Edna Marie Dawson WASHINGTON v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE and Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otha Curtis Nelson, Sr., Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Edna Marie Dawson Washington.

Michael E. Ponder, Parish Attorney, Randy B. Ligh, Assistant Parish Attorney, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Before: FOGG, KUHN, and GUIDRY, JJ.


FOGG, J.

Plaintiff, Edna Marie Dawson Washington, appeals a judgment of the district court dismissing her action as being abandoned pursuant to LSA-C.C.P. art. 561. We affirm.

On January 2, 1992, plaintiff brought the instant suit against the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, claiming she sustained personal injuries as a result of a public street being resurfaced or repaired in a defective manner. Defendant answered the suit on February 12, 1992...

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