Beacon National Insurance Co. v. Durand

The Louisiana Supreme Court has not ruled that the doctrine of governmental immunity applies to the failure of a municipality to place barriers or signs to warn or protect the traveling public of a hazard. On the contrary the Supreme Court held that a municipality must properly warn the public of unusual conditions in the road.

“The municipality is not more emancipated from liability in cases of this kind than the private individual.” Allen v. Town of Minden, 127 La. 403, 53 So. 666 (1910).

See also Carlisle v. Parish of East Baton Rouge, 114 So.2d 62 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1959); Clinton v. City of…