
    Lana MELDER a/k/a Lana M. Willis, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 87-43.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    June 26, 1987.
    Writ Denied Oct. 16,1987.
    Charles R. Albright, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
    Steven W. Hale of Salter, Streete and Hale, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.
    L. Paul Foreman, of Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.
    Before GUIDRY, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.
   GUIDRY, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion matter entitled Melder v. State of Louisiana, Through Department of Highways, 512 So.2d 546 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1987), the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Defendant is cast with all costs of this appeal and costs of the trial court, all of which have been assessed in the appeal which bears our docket Number 86-678.

AFFIRMED.  