LeBLANC v. STATE

No. 81-C-3239.

419 So.2d 853 (1982)

Alma LeBLANC v. STATE of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Highways.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Roach, Lake Charles, for applicant.

Marshall W. Wroten, Robert J. Jones, David K. Balfour, John W. King, Baton Rouge, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

In this case we consider whether the plaintiff motorist's inattention in allowing her vehicle to stray from the roadway onto a dangerously low shoulder followed instinctively by her immediate swerve back onto the elevated road surface precludes her recovery from the Department of Highways for injuries sustained in a resulting accident. The trial court found that the four to six inch dropoff between the roadway and the shoulder was the principal cause...

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