Case Name: Penelope JOHNNIE, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-03-14
Citations: 558 So. 2d 1379
Docket Number: No. 88-1236
Parties: Penelope JOHNNIE, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.
Judges: Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 558
Pages: 1379–1379

Head Matter:
Penelope JOHNNIE, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.
No. 88-1236.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
March 14, 1990.
Calvin E. Woodruff, Jr., Abbeville, for Denise Dumond.
Bernard F. Duhon, Abbeville, for Johnnie.
Preston D. Cloyd, Lafayette, for State.
Pamela A. Tynes, Lafayette, for Ins.
Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.

Opinion:
STOKER, Judge.
For the reasons assigned in the consolidated case of Dumond v. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, 558 So.2d 1374 (La.App. 3d Cir.1990), the judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiffs and against DOTD is reversed and set aside. The judgment in favor of DHHR and against DOTD is reversed and set aside. Those portions of the judgment dismissing plaintiffs' claims against defendant, Southern Security Insurance Company, and setting expert witness fees are hereby affirmed. That portion of the judgment casting DOTD for costs of the proceeding below is reversed. Costs of the proceeding below and on appeal are assessed equally to the plaintiffs.
REVERSED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART.