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SMITH v. PORCHE BROS. LUMBER AND SUPPLY, INC.

No. 85 CA 0484.

491 So.2d 412 (1986)

Harvey SMITH, Jr. v. PORCHE BROTHERS LUMBER AND SUPPLY, INC., CNA Insurance and Eugene Watson.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baron M. Whipple, Houma, for plaintiff and appellee-Harvey Smith, Jr.

James F. Ryan, New Orleans, for defendants and appellants-Porche Bros. Lumber Co. and CNA Ins. Co. and Eugene Watson.

John L. Lanier, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellee Terrebonne Parish School Board.

Roxie Foster, Baton Rouge, for third party defendant State of La., through the Dept. of Transp. & Development.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.

CARTER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages arising out of a multi-vehicle collision.

FACTS

On August 30, 1983, a Terrebonne Parish School Board bus broke down in the Houma Intracoastal Tunnel. Several vehicles stopped behind the disabled bus. As plaintiff, Harvey Smith, Jr., entered the tunnel, he observed the congested traffic, applied his brakes, and stopped his vehicle a safe distance behind the...

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