
    Travis and Dean B. COOPER, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 87-1258.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    March 15, 1989.
    Rehearing Denied April 12, 1989.
    Jack F. Owens, Harrisonburg, for plaintiffs-appellees.
    James Fredericks, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
    Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and YELVERTON, JJ.
   FORET, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Narron Hawthorne v. Louisiana Department of Public Works, 540 So.2d 1261 (La.App. 3 Cir.1989), in which a separate opinion is being rendered this date, the judgment of the trial court is reversed, and judgment is rendered in favor of defendant, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development (referred to in plaintiffs’ petition as the Louisiana Department of Public Works), dismissing all claims asserted by plaintiffs herein, with prejudice.

Costs at the trial level and on appeal are assessed to plaintiffs in these two consolidated cases.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.  