Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1980

Sullivan v. Gulf State Utilities Co.

Sullivan v. Gulf State Utilities Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided May 30, 1980 · Watson
384 So. 2d 447 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Sullivan v. Gulf State Utilities Co.

Opinion

384 So.2d 447 (1980)

Cecil SULLIVAN
v.
GULF STATE UTILITIES COMPANY and Boh Brothers Construction Company, Inc.

No. 67453.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 30, 1980.

Denied.

WATSON, J., would grant the writ.

*448 LEMMON, Judge, dissents.

It is wrong to impose a duty on defendant to protect motorists from striking an object in the roadway which is virtually imperceptible at night and then to excuse defendant's violation of that duty because the motorist did not see the object.

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