GRAY v. STATE EX REL. DOTD

No. 00-CA-7.

761 So.2d 760 (2000)

Annie R. GRAY v. The STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT and Department of Public Works (Sewerage).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, J. Elliott Baker, Assistant Attorney General, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellant State of Louisiana Through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Ford T. Hardy, Jr., Howard, Laudumiey, Mann, Reed & Hardy, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee Annie R. Gray.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., JAMES L. CANNELLA and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


CANNELLA, Judge.

Defendant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) appeals from the trial court judgment in favor of Plaintiff, Annie Gray, finding DOTD 100% at fault for the damages which Plaintiff sustained when she tripped and fell over a catch basin. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment.

On March 2, 1993, Plaintiff walked across the Westbank Expressway in Jefferson Parish. She was leaving her...

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