
    Obie Mae JEFFERSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellees and Appellants, and Dorothy Mae Bowie Wilkerson et al. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants and Appellees.
    No. 6102.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Sept. 20, 1977.
    Rehearings Denied Oct. 11, 1977.
    Writs Refused Nov. 23, 1977.
    William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendants and appellees and appellants.
    Neblett & Führer by Robert B. Neblett, Jr., Daniel E. Broussard, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees, Obie Mae Jefferson and Dorothy Mae Wilkerson.
    Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff by Leslie J. Schiff, Opelousas, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees, Leanee Matthews Barnes et al.
    James A. Bolen, Jr., Alexandria, for defendants and appellees and appellants, Brassel Enterprises.
    Reeves, Lossen & Owens by R. R. Reeves, Jr., and Jack F. Owens, Jr., Harrisonburg, for plaintiffs and appellants and appellees.
    Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and FORET, JJ.
   CULPEPPER, Judge.

For the reasons stated in the companion case of Leanna Matthews Barnes, et al., and Mary Ann Dunbar Wilkerson, et al. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al., La.App., 350 So.2d 288, in which a separate decision is being rendered by us this date, the judgment of the district court in the present case is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed against the State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways, insofar as such costs may be assessed against a state agency.

AFFIRMED.  