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PICKENS v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 56146.

323 So.2d 430 (1975)

Katie Pickens, wife of/and Jesse PICKENS v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH POLICE JURY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Cumberland, Badeaux, Discon, Cumberland & Barbier, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-applicants.

Woodrow W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., Julian J. Rodrigue, Asst. Dist. Atty., for defendant-respondent.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Early on the morning of June 29, 1970 Richard B. Ellis was driving his pickup truck on Ben Thomas Road on his way to work at the plant of Delta Roofing Mills in St. Tammany Parish. The road was narrow and blacktopped. He was driving below 30 miles per hour. As he approached the vicinity of the mill, he suddenly saw a ditch or excavation across the road. He slammed on the brakes, but, nevertheless, as he crossed the ditch, due to its depth, the truck...

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