VON CANNON v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 4662.

306 So.2d 437 (1975)

Geneva VON CANNON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant and Appellant, Yvonne S. DONALDSON, Third-Party Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion January 24, 1975.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 1975.

Writs Refused March 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Kivett, Philip K. Jones, Norman L. Sisson, Robert J. Jones, Howard P. Elliott, Jr., William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellant.

Sledge, Garroway & Sleeth by L. D. Sledge, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellee.

William E. Skye, Alexandria, for plaintiff and appellee and third-party defendant and appellant.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Mrs. Geneva Von Cannon instituted this suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Highways, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her when an automobile in which she was riding as a guest passenger collided with a barricade which had been constructed by defendant. The Department of Highways filed a third party demand against Mrs. Yvonne S. Donaldson, the driver of the vehicle in which plaintiff was riding, to recover...

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