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COLEMAN v. STATE, THROUGH DOTD

No. 87-59.

524 So.2d 1281 (1988)

Patti J. COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Whitehead, Jr., Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert L. Oliver, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant-appellee.

Watson, Murchsion, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, William P. Crews, Jr., Natchitoches, for defendant-appellee-appellant.

Thomas D. Benoit, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., LABORDE, J. and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Patti J. Coleman, was injured in a one-car accident when the car she was driving flipped over at least 1½ times after she unsuccessfully attempted to pass two slower moving vehicles on La. Highway 486. She filed suit against the State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), alleging negligent maintenance of the shoulders along Highway 486. DOTD answered claiming that plaintiff's negligence was...

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