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JIMCOILY v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

Nos. 8600 to 8603.

361 So.2d 982 (1978)

Isaac JIMCOILY v. The STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied September 12, 1978.

Writ Refused October 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl W. Bubrig, Sr., Buras, for Patricia Pugh and Jewitt Pugh, husband and wife, and Jewitt Pugh, d/b/a Lower Coast Safety Light Service.

George J. Dowd, Chalmette, for Sonja Smith.

Fernand L. Laudumiey, III, New Orleans, for Loyd G. Mangum.

Alvin J. Liska, New Orleans, for Dept. of Highways.

Robert A. Keily, New Orleans, for Isaac Jimcoily.

Richard T. Regan, Metairie, for Donald G. Lambert Contractor, Inc., and Maryland Casualty Co.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and BEER, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

We reverse judgments against the State Department of Highways which reasoned that Highways' placing of detour signs for 2,000 feet before a changeover from two-lane to four-lane highway was inadequate and caused an accident. We also reverse the judgments' dismissal of claims against the driver who failed to see and follow the signs and crashed through the detour barricade head-on into another automobile in the left oncoming lane.

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