COLEMAN v. HOUP

No. 5159.

319 So.2d 831 (1975)

Jack COLEMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Harold B. HOUP et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seale, Smith & Phelps by John W. Swanner, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants Broadview Station.

Robert S. Cooper, Jr., and Robert E. Tillery, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees.

William J. Doran, Jr., Joseph R. Raggio, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and HALL, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

This case and three companion cases arise out of an automobile-truck accident which occurred in the early morning of January 7, 1971, on a bridge known as the "spillway bridge" on Louisiana Highway 71 about ten miles north of Krotz Springs in St. Landry Parish.

Earnest S. Garrison, Sr. and six of his fellow workers were proceeding southerly on Highway 71 in Garrison's automobile on their way to work. There was ice on the bridge and while crossing...

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