LEDBETTER v. STATE, LA. DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV.

No. 84-1056.

482 So.2d 1035 (1986)

Ricky D. LEDBETTER & Boston Old Colony—Intervenor, Plaintiff-Appellant, Intervenor-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Granted May 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Kennedy, Lafayette, Gracella Simmons, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant, intervenor-appellee.

Harvey Lee Hall, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before STOKER, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

The plaintiffs in this nighttime single-vehicle accident case, Ricky D. Ledbetter and Boston Old Colony, his collision repair insurer, appeal a trial judge decision rejecting their demands for personal injury and property damages brought against the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). The failure to sign and warn of a sharp curve at a "T" intersection, and strict liability, was the basis of the case...

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