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WOOD v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 15145, 15151.

322 F.Supp. 436 (1971)

James Edward WOOD v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY. James Edward WOOD v. Sheriff W. E. WAGGONER et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

February 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, La., Maynard E. Cush, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Frank M. Cook, Benjamin C. King, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, La., John M. Benton, Dist. Atty., Minden La., for defendants.

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

James Edward Wood here seeks damages for injuries sustained while he was confined as a prisoner in the Bossier Parish Jail at Benton, Louisiana. He asserts a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, alleging violation of his constitutional and civil rights by defendants acting under color of law. The named defendants are W. E. Waggoner, Sheriff of Bossier Parish and the...

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