Case Name: SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1981-08-13
Citations: 404 So. 2d 995
Docket Number: No. 8278
Parties: SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Before CUTRER, STOKER, and BIEN-VENU , JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 404
Pages: 995–996

Head Matter:
SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
No. 8278.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
Aug. 13, 1981.
Rehearings Denied Oct. 14, 1981.
Doran & Kivett by William T. Kivett, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant, State of Louisiana.
Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, William P. Crews, Jr., Natchitoch-es, for defendant-appellee, City of Natchi-toches.
Troy E. Bain, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee, Shirley Campbell.
Kelly & Salim, Robert L. Salim, Natchi-toches, for plaintiff-appellee, Deborah K. Hardy.
Thomas & Dunahoe, G. F. Thomas, Jr., Natchitoches, Bolen & Erwin, James A. Bo-len, Alexandria, Whitehead & McCoy, Charles R. Whitehead, Jr., Natchitoches, Brittain & Williams, Jack O. Brittain, Natchitoches, for defendants-appellees.
Before CUTRER, STOKER, and BIEN-VENU , JJ.
Judge C. Thomas Bienvenu, Jr., Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin, participated as Judge Ad Hoc in this decision.

Opinion:
STOKER, Judge.
For the reasons stated in the companion case of Hardy v. State of Louisiana, Department of Highways, 404 So.2d 981 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1981), in which a sepa rate opinion is being rendered this date, the judgment of the trial court in this case is affirmed in all respects except as to its holding relative to the City of Natchitoches and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. As to them the judgment of the trial court is reversed. The City of Natchitoches and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company are now cast in judgment in solido with the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, and the judgment is amended accordingly.
The cost of the appeal in this case is assessed one-half to the State and one-half to the City of Natchitoches and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company.
REVERSED IN PART AND AMENDED; AFFIRMED AS AMENDED.