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VEST v. STATE, DEPT. OF HWYS.

No. 4296.

90 So.2d 896 (1956)

Joseph F. VEST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., Atty., Philip K. Jones, Asst. Atty., Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Barnes & Smith, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

TATE, Judge.

Pursuant to special legislative consent, plaintiff instituted this action against the Department of Highways for personal injuries and property damage sustained when he drove his truck off the dead-end of an unlighted service road.

Recently, under identical circumstances (even involving the same unmarked deadend service road), this court held the Department of Highway negligent in not providing sufficient warning or barricade for oncoming motorists...

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