HEBERT v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

Nos. 2006-C-2001, 2006-C-2164.

974 So.2d 635 (2008)

John and Klea HEBERT v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Opinion on Rehearing January 16, 2008.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provosty, Sadler, DeLaunay, Fioroenza & Sobel, John Dexter Ryland, Ronald J. Fiorenza, Alexandria, for Applicant in No. 2006-C-2001.

Broussard, Bolton, Halcomb & Vizzier, Roy Seale Halcomb, Jr., Alexandria, Bussey & Lauve, Robert Lewis Bussey, Alexandria, James C. Downs, District Attorney, for respondent in No. 2006-C-2001.

Broussard, Halcomb & Vizzier, Roy Seale Halcomb, Jr., Alexandria, James C. Downs, District Attorney, Robert Lewis Bussey, Assistant District Attorney, for respondent in No. 2006-C-2001 on rehearing.

Broussard, Bolton, Halcomb & Vizzier, Roy Seale Halcomb, Jr., Alexandria, for applicant in No. 2006-C-2164.

Broussard, Halcomb & Vizzier, Roy Seale Halcomb, Jr., Alexandria, for applicant in No. 2006-C-2164 on rehearing.

Provosty, Sadler, Delaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, John Dexter Ryland, Ronald J. Fiorenza, Alexandria, Bussey & Lauve, Robert Lewis Bussey, Alexandria, James C. Downs, District Attorney, for respondent in No. 2006-C-2164.

Provosty, Sadler, Delaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, John Dexter Ryland, Ronald J. Fiorenza, Alexandria, James C. Downs, District Attorney, Robert Lewis Bussey, Assistant District Attorney, for respondent in No. 2006-C-2164 on rehearing.


KNOLL, Justice.

This fatal automobile accident case presents the legal questions of whether the Louisiana State Department of Transportation & Development ("DOTD") assumed a duty for an "off-system" bridge and whether La.Rev.Stat. 48:35 required DOTD to withhold funds allocated to the Rapides Parish Police Jury ("RPPJ") until RPPJ brought the bridge into compliance with DOTD standards. Plaintiffs, John and Klea Hebert ("the Heberts"), brought a wrongful death...

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