Legal Opinion
WBR Corp. v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 8, 1998No. 97 CA 0621PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JaLOTTINGER, Chief Judge.
In this action, plaintiff seeks damages as a result of DOTD’s abandonment of its plans to construct a road over plaintiffs property. From a judgment awarding plaintiff damages in the amount of $1,607,445.00, DOTD appeals.
FACTS
In the early 1980’s, James G. Gaspard (hereinafter, “Gaspard”), then a District Right of Way Supervisor with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (hereinafter, “DOTD”), was directed to locate an acceptable site for the construction of a new, permanent DOTD fleet landing facility as the lease on the existing facility was…
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