GUIDRY v. WHITMORE

No. 84-794.

477 So.2d 1298 (1985)

Ruby S. GUIDRY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph E. WHITMORE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Kobetz, Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, Roy, Forrest & Lopresto, L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, Philip K. Jones and Robert Adams, Lafayette, for defendants-appellants.

Before FORET, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

The State Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) was one of the defendants against whom the plaintiffs, the heirs of Ruby Guidry, obtained a judgment for injuries sustained by Mrs. Guidry in a two-vehicle collision. DOTD's liability was based on negligence for failure to warn the motoring public of an unusual road condition occasioned by highway construction. DOTD appealed. Because we find the accident was caused solely by the negligence...

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