TATE, Justice.
The plaintiff parents sue for the death of their son. Their boy was murdered while an inmate in the state penitentiary.
The court of appeal awarded them each ten thousand dollars general damages, together with their son's funeral expenses. Reversing the trial court, the intermediate court held that the son's death resulted from the state's failure to provide adequate facilities and supervisory personnel to assure the reasonable safety of inmates...
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