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CHEATHAM v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 64442.

378 So.2d 369 (1979)

DeNoux and Stephen Reboul. Sheryl CHEATHAM, wife of Charles Cheatham, Individually and on behalf on her minor son, Charles Cheatham, Jr. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Daniel Denoux and Stephen Reboul.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Merhige, Wayne G. Cresap, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

Mack E. Barham, Barham & Churchill, David J. Dennis, Ernest L. Jones, Cotton, Jones & Dennis, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.

Donald A. Hoffman, City Atty., Debra J. Fischman, Asst. City Atty., for defendant-respondent, City of New Orleans.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Charles Cheatham's widow filed a wrongful death action on behalf of herself and her two and one-half year old son, against the City of New Orleans and two New Orleans police officers, Daniel DeNoux and Stephen Reboul. There was a single bifurcated trial, the claim against the two officers being decided by a jury and the claim against the City being decided by the trial judge.1 The jury found that the two officers acted...

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