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Godwin v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit
Feb 4, 1981
394 So. 2d 761 (La. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 8053.

February 4, 1981.

APPEAL FROM THE THIRTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF ALLEN; EDWARD M. MOUSER, DISTRICT JUDGE, PRESIDING.

William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Hall, Lestage Lestage, David R. Lestage and David W. Burton, DeRidder, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and CUTRER, JJ.


For the reasons assigned in the companion matter entitled Walter M. Godwin v. Government Employees Insurance Company et al., 394 So.2d 751, our docket number 8052, the judgment rendered by the trial court is reversed and set aside and it is now ordered, adjudged and decreed that there be judgment in favor of the defendant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development, and against the plaintiff, Bettye F. Godwin, dismissing the latter's suit with prejudice.

It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that Bettye F. Godwin be cast with all costs of these proceedings both at the trial level and on appeal.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.


Summaries of

Godwin v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit
Feb 4, 1981
394 So. 2d 761 (La. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Godwin v. Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

Case Details

Full title:BETTYE F. GODWIN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF…

Court:Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Feb 4, 1981

Citations

394 So. 2d 761 (La. Ct. App. 1981)

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