
    Samuel H. STEADMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 88-992.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Feb. 7, 1990.
    Rehearing Denied March 13, 1990.
    Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, Daniel T. Murchison, Natchitoch-es, for plaintiff-appellee.
    Bertrand & Soileau, Ronald J. Bertrand, Rayne, for defendant-appellant.
    Before GUIDRY, STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ.
   STOKER, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion ease of Bowden v. State, Department of Transportation and Development, 556 So.2d 1343 (La.App. 3d Cir.1990), the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to defendant-appellant.

AFFIRMED.  