1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 430 F.2d
  5. 430 F.2d 1280 (1970)
 

EVANS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 29131 Summary Calendar.

430 F.2d 1280 (1970)

Otis M. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Hebert, J. Stanley Wagner, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ben C. Norgress, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Louisiana Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, La., James C. Downs, Garrett, Ryland & Downs, Alexandria, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, an employee of the Louisiana Department of Highways, was injured when he was climbing through the substructure of a rotating highway bridge crossing the Pearl River in Louisiana. The bridge is of the turntable type, rotating about a center pier which has its foundations in the bed of the river. The bridge does not float but is suspended twenty to thirty feet above the water, supported in the center by the central pier and locked into the abutting...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases