TRAHAN v. ASPHALT ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 01-0311.

800 So.2d 18 (2001)

Melissa Lynn TRAHAN v. ASPHALT ASSOCIATES, INC. and Transcontinental Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Caskey, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Melissa Lynn Trahan.

Frank M. Walker, Jr., Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees Asphalt Associates, Inc. and Transcontinental Insurance Co.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and JOHN D. SAUNDERS, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

On the night of December 18, 1992, Melissa Lynn Trahan was driving south on Weaver Road in Lake Charles returning from her mother's house to her house. At this time, Weaver Road was being resurfaced. To Ms. Trahan's knowledge, the road had never been closed to traffic at night. A superintendent for Asphalt Associates, who was in charge of the resurfacing project, determined the "sub-base" being applied to Weaver Road required the road to be closed twenty...

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