DOUCET v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 4863.

309 So.2d 382 (1975)

Willard DOUCET et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1975.

Writ Refused May 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight & Knight by William N. Knight, Jennings, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Doran, Jr., Robert J. Jones and William T. Kivett, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, MILLER and WATSON, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

Mr. and Mrs. Willard Doucet have sued the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Doucet when a pickup truck she was driving ran off a state highway and overturned. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of defendant, and plaintiffs appealed.

The issues are whether the Highway Department was negligent in failing to repair some holes along the edge of the highway...

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