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EDWARDS v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

Nos. 9060, 9061.

271 So.2d 672 (1972)

Harold S. EDWARDS and Virginia Edwards, Individually, etc., v. The STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, et al. EMMCO INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. The STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1973.

Writ Refused March 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Doran, Jr., Special Asst. to General Counsel, Dept. of Hwys., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Lee A. Holland et al.

Tom H. Matheny, Pittman & Matheny, Hammond, for plaintiff-appellees Mr. and Mrs. Harold Edwards.

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and EVERETT, JJ.

BLANCHE, Judge.

These two consolidated suits arose out of an automobile accident which resulted in the death of Lawson L. Edwards, minor son of Harold S. Edwards and Virginia Edwards, plaintiffs herein. The accident occurred on May 17, 1968, at approximately 2:00 A.M. in the Parish of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on U.S. Highway 190 where the Department of Highways, through its contractor, was replacing a bridge across the Tangipahoa River and had constructed a temporary...

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