Savoy v. State ex rel. Louisiana Highway Deptartment

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is a personal injury suit originally brought in the court below by Louis Joseph Savoy on behalf of his minor son Sidney Dean Savoy who sustained injuries during the opening of a highway bridge span under the control of the Louisiana Depart*94ment of Highways, the only defendant. Plaintiff brings this suit by authority of a Legislative resolution whereby the defendant has consented to be sued and waived its official immunity. Liability of the Department is based essentially on the alleged negligence of the bridge tender in failing to discover young Savoy on the bridge in…