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TATUM v. STATE EX REL. DOTD

No. 91 CA 0897.

602 So.2d 1091 (1992)

Jack TATUM v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Irby, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

John N. Gallaspy, Bogalusa, for plaintiffappellee.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LeBLANC and WHIPPLE, JJ.

LeBLANC, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment imposing liability on the State, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when the truck he was driving struck a hole in the median of an interstate highway. We reverse.

On August 26, 1988, plaintiff, Jack Tatum, was employed by Cook Construction, Inc., on a State contract job to resurface a portion of Interstate 12 (1-12). Upon being instructed...

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