Schneider Nat'l Carriers, Inc. v. State of Louisiana, Dep't of Transp. & Dev.

Full title: SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC. and Liberty Fire Mutual Insurance…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Date published: Jan 11, 2012

81 So. 3d 759 (La. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 11–420.

2012-01-11

SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC. and Liberty Fire Mutual Insurance Company v. STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Appeal from the Thirty–Third Judicial District Court Parish of Allen, Docket No. C–2007–566, C/W C–2007–455 & C–2007–567, Honorable H. Ward Fontenot, District Judge.W. Jay Luneau, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Cynthia D. Kirkland. D. Randolph Street, Street & Street, Monroe, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Johnnie O'Hara.

COOKS

Appeal from the Thirty–Third Judicial District Court Parish of Allen, Docket No. C–2007–566, C/W C–2007–455 & C–2007–567, Honorable H. Ward Fontenot, District Judge.W. Jay Luneau, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Cynthia D. Kirkland. D. Randolph Street, Street & Street, Monroe, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, Johnnie O'Hara. C. David Vasser, Jr., Vasser & Vasser, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees, Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. and Schneider National Carriers, Inc.James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General, Elizabeth B. Hollins, Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Litigation Division, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, State of Louisiana, DOTD.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

COOKS, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the consolidated case entitled Vestal v. Kirkland, 11–419 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/23/11), 81 So.3d 748, rendered this day, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

AFFIRMED.