Legal Opinion
Matlock v. State
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 1941No. 2287PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, having obtained the necessary legislative authority by virtue of Act 354 of 1940, instituted this suit against the State of Louisiana seeking to recover damages for personal injuries and other damages incidental thereto, in the total sum of $57,012. The claim arises out of an accident which occurred at about 12 o'clock midnight on December 3, 1938, on a bridge some few hundred yards west of the Town of Abita Springs in the Parish of St. Tammany. His suit against the State is predicated on the negligence of the then Louisiana Highway Commission which was charged by law with the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lavergne v. PedarreLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Moore v. DavisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1940
3Cited by7 opinions
- Gates v. Hanover Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Dufore v. DaugereauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1960
- McCray v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Calvert Fire Insurance v. LewisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
- Hardy-Harris Ins. Agency v. Louisiana Ice Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1950
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