STEEN v. STATE EX REL. DOTD

No. 2005-149.

903 So.2d 1218 (2005)

Jyi Hebert STEEN, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danial C. Vidrine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Jyi H. Steen, Christoper Allen Hebert.

Tracy P. Curtis, Perret, Doise, APLC, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development.

William Stafford Neblett, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Jyi H. Steen, Christopher Allen Hebert.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

The State, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), appeals the trial court's grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in this matter. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court's ruling and reinstate the verdict rendered by the jury.

Facts

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