BROUILLETTE v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

No. 4087.

275 So.2d 196 (1973)

Woodruff M. BROUILLETTE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Louisiana, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Jones, La. Dept. of Highways, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Roy & Roy by A. J. Roy, Jr., Harold J. Brouillette, Marksville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FRUGÉ, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


FRUGÉ, Judge.

On November 26, 1969, Mathilda Brouillette was driving her automobile on Louisiana Highway 453 when she encountered an oil slick which caused her to lose control of her car and hit a concrete culvert on the side of the road. Her mother and three sisters were passengers in the car. Each person in the car was injured. The slick was caused when hydraulic fluid leaked from a broken hydraulic tank on a Highway Department truck while Department employees...

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