MOREAU v. STATE, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 10754.

333 So.2d 281 (1976)

Mrs. Jacklyn Glossop MOREAU, Individually, and as Tutrix of her minor children, Michael Moreau and Thomas F. Moreau v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert C. Funderburk, Jr., and Thomas K. Kirkpatrick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

George H. Jones and Frank J. D'Amico, New Orleans, for appellees.

Before ELLIS, BLANCHE and LOTTINGER, JJ.


BLANCHE, Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellees, Mrs. Jacklyn Glossop Moreau, individually, and as tutrix of her minor children, Michael Moreau and Thomas F. Moreau, Jr., sued the defendant-appellant, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Corrections, for failing to provide adequate medical care to her deceased husband, Thomas F. Moreau, who was stabbed by an unknown assailant while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

The trial judge found negligence...

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