Case Name: Ruby WOOLENS d/b/a The Green Door Bar & Restaurant v. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1982-11-16
Citations: 432 So. 2d 876
Docket Number: No. 82 CA 0088
Parties: Ruby WOOLENS d/b/a The Green Door Bar & Restaurant v. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.
Judges: Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 432
Pages: 876–877

Head Matter:
Ruby WOOLENS d/b/a The Green Door Bar & Restaurant v. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.
No. 82 CA 0088.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
Nov. 16, 1982.
On Rehearing April 13, 1983.
Carlos E. Lazarus, Jr., Houma, for defendant & appellee (Patterson & Edmonson Const. Inc.)
Christopher B. Siegrist, Houma, for plaintiff & appellee (Betty Gros Gaudet).
Lawrence J. Centola, Jr., New Orleans, for Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Ronald R. Thompson, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Dept, of Highway.
Huntington B. Downer, Jr., Houma, for City of Houma.
Jude T. Fanguy, Houma, for Lucille Gre-co Hebert.
Robert D. Morvant, Thibodaux, for U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Harold J. Lamy, New Orleans, for Ruby Woolens.
Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.

Opinion:
COVINGTON, Judge.
In this action to recover property damages brought by Ruby Woolens d/b/a The Green Door Bar & Restaurant, the operator of the business at the premises damaged by the accident described in the companion case of Betty Gros Gaudet v. Louisiana Department of Highways, 432 So.2d 867 (La.App. 1 Cir.1982), in which a separate decision has been rendered by us on this date, the trial court awarded plaintiff, Ruby Woolens, the sum of $3,000.00 against Patterson and Edmonson Construction Company and the Estate of Jackson Gaudet.
Our review of the record reveals that the Estate of Jackson Gaudet was not properly before the court below; no pleadings were filed on behalf of the Estate and no preliminary default was entered against it, thus there was no joinder of issue as to this defendant. Accordingly, the judgment against the Estate must be set aside.
For the foregoing reasons and the reasons stated in the companion case of Betty Gros Gaudet v. Louisiana Department of Highways, supra, the judgment appealed herein is amended to read: It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that there be judgment in favor of plaintiff, Ruby Woolens, and against Patterson and Edmonson Construction Company in the full sum of THREE THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($3,000.00) DOLLARS, together with legal interest from date of judgment until paid, and all costs of the proceedings. All costs of this appeal are assessed against Patterson and Edmonson Construction Company.
AMENDED, AND AS AMENDED, AFFIRMED.