BETSCH v. STATE

No. 11635.

353 So.2d 358 (1977)

Vernon B. BETSCH v. STATE of Louisiana et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1977.

Writ Refused February 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus J. Greco, Baton Rouge, of counsel for plaintiff-appellant, Vernon R. Betsch.

Thomas H. Mutuschka, Baton Rouge, of counsel for defendants-appellees, State of Louisiana, et al.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff, an Angola inmate, has appealed a judgment dismissing his claim for damages for injuries resulting from an attack by a fellow inmate.

The issue is the negligence of the State in having inadequate facilities and insufficient personnel and in not preventing the attack upon plaintiff.

We affirm.

Plaintiff prior to his transfer to Angola had testified in Federal Court about prison conditions in Jefferson Parish. Thereafter...

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