BOOTH v. POTASHNICK CONS. CO.

No. 14974.

420 So.2d 512 (1982)

Cynthia BOOTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POTASHNICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Transportation and Development, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1982.

Writ Denied December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piper & Brown, Inc. by Robert E. Piper, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

John W. King, Baton Rouge, for State of La., through the Dept. of Transp. and Development, defendant-appellee.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment dismissing her suit against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development ("State"), for damages resulting from injuries sustained when plaintiff drove her car from the hard surface of a state highway onto an excavated shoulder in a highway construction zone. It is asserted that the trial judge erred in (1) finding that the defendant State was free of negligence because it had properly...

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