WALKER v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 5558.

337 So.2d 250 (1976)

George WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

August 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall W. Wroten, William W. Irwin, Jr., Jerry F. Davis, Johnie E. Branch, Jr., Jonathan C. Harris by Jonathan C. Harris, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Kaplan & Rivers by Edward A. Kaplan, Alexandria, and Wm. Henry Sanders, Jena, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and BERTRAND, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff, George Walker, filed this suit seeking damages for personal injuries sustained when the motorcycle he was operating on Highway 777 in LaSalle Parish allegedly flipped over at the approach to a recently installed cattle guard. The State of Louisiana through the Department of Highways is made defendant. The accident occurred in the late afternoon of June 8, 1972. The trial court granted judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $13...

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