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WATSON v. MORRISON

Nos. 10904-10906.

340 So.2d 588 (1976)

Sylvester WATSON v. J. L. MORRISON et al. Acey L. ALLEN et al. v. Sylvester WATSON et al. J. L. MORRISON v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS of the State of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1976.

Writs Refused February 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua A. Tilton, Tillery, Cooper & Tilton and Byron Magbee, Baton Rouge, for Sylvester Watson, plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for Dixie Auto Ins. Co., instead of and in place of Mid-Continent Underwriters, Inc., defendant-appellee and for John L. Morrison, individually and as administrator of estate of minor child, Susan M. Morrison Babb and Mid-Continent Underwriters, Inc., defendant-appellee.

H. A. Mentz, Jr., Hammond, for J. L. Morrison, individually and as administrator of estate of Susan Morrison, defendant-appellee.

Ronald S. Macaluso, Dept. of Highways, Hammond, for Department of Highways of State of Louisiana, third party defendant-appellant.

John W. Anthony, Bogalusa, for Sylvester Watson, Amite Milling Co., Inc. and Continental Casualty Co., third party defendants-appellees.

John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, for Acey L. Allen, etc., plaintiff-appellant.

Before LANDRY, EDWARDS and COLE, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

A head-on collision occurred on May 12, 1971, on Louisiana Highway 1054 in Tangipahoa Parish involving a truck and an automobile. The following few facts are undisputed: Louisiana Highway 1054 is a narrow, two lane, hard surface road, twenty feet wide in the general area of and at the place of the accident. At approximately 9:35 A. M. on the morning of May 12, 1971, Sylvester Watson was driving a truck owned by his employer, Amite Milling Company, north...

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