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EDWARDS v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVEL.

No. 8334.

403 So.2d 109 (1981)

Steven Lee EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Little, Simon, Weems & Bruser, John F. Simon, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

John W. King, Baton Rouge, Monty L. Doggett, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.

LABORDE, Judge.

This is a tort suit arising from a one-car accident in which Steven Lee Edwards was left paralyzed from his chest down. The accident occurred on Louisiana Highway 117, which was undergoing reconstruction by K&M Construction Co., Inc. as contractor for the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development. The incident began when Edwards allowed the right wheels of his vehicle to drop off the road surface onto the shoulder. He lost...

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