DOUGET v. ALLEN PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 86-1008.

520 So.2d 813 (1987)

Joseph L. DOUGET, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLEN PARISH POLICE JURY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & Burson, M. Terrance Hoychick, Eunice, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, David R. Frohn, Lake Charles, for defendants-appellants.

Before KNOLL and KING, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

The Allen Parish Police Jury and its insurer, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh (hereafter Allen Parish), appeal an adverse judgment declaring them liable to the father of Carl Lee Douget for Douget's death caused by a faulty parish road. The trial judge found the condition of the road coupled with the lack of curve warning and speed limit signs made it hazardous; that Douget's intoxication, if any, was not the cause in fact of the...

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