Gaar v. State, ex rel. Department of Highways

HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages from the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways for losses he sustained when part of his herd of cattle became ill and died. Plaintiff alleges that his cattle died of arsenic poisoning after defendant’s employees sprayed the highway right of way adjacent to plaintiff’s pastureland with a herbicide containing arsenic. The trial court found that plaintiff failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his losses were caused by the acts of defendant’s employees. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Plaintiff owns 43 acres of land in Winn Parish…