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BASTIDA v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 9031.

269 So.2d 544 (1972)

Leonard J. BASTIDA v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Wood, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and EVERETT, JJ.

BLANCHE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Leonard J. Bastida, seeks to recover damages as a result of stab wounds he received on September 15, 1969, while he was an inmate of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana. The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Corrections is named as defendant.

Plaintiff alleges that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is applicable and, alternatively, that the injury was caused by negligence on the part of the defendant in...

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