ANDRUS v. POLICE JURY OF PARISH OF LAFAYETTE

No. 4024.

266 So.2d 535 (1972)

Ignatius ANDRUS, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. POLICE JURY OF PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, and Maryland Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees, Highlands Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

September 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by Richard C. Meaux, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Koury, Hill & Moss, by John K. Hill, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Mouton & Mouton, by Welton P. Mouton, Jr., Bertrand deBlanc, Dist. Atty., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAVOY, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


SAVOY, Judge.

This suit arises out of an automobile accident. Plaintiff lost his wife and three children when the car in which they were riding plunged over the edge of the Vermilion River. His wife and three children drowned. Plaintiff alleged that the accident was caused by the failure of the Lafayette Police Jury to provide signs and safety devices in an area where the road ran dangerously close to the river. He filed...

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