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RHODUS v. CITY-PARISH GOV. OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 8476.

253 So.2d 537 (1971)

Kenneth S. RHODUS et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY-PARISH GOVERNMENT OF the CITY OF BATON ROUGE and the Parish of East Baton Rouge, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1971.

Writ Refused December 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lannis Kirkus, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and TUCKER, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1971.

SARTAIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the mother and father of Kenneth Rhodus, appeal from a judgment of the district court which denied their claims for the alleged wrongful death of their son. Kenneth Rhodus died on April 24, 1967, as a result of extreme diabetic acidosis while he was in the custody of the Sheriff and incarcerated in the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. We affirm.

Plaintiffs alleged that Sheriff Bryan...

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