GRAHAM v. STATE, HEALTH & SOCIAL, ETC.

No. 11647.

354 So.2d 602 (1977)

Gennie V. GRAHAM, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of her minor child, Michael Jerome Graham v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the Louisiana HEALTH AND SOCIAL and REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Wall, Baton Rouge, of counsel for plaintiff-appellant Gennie V. Graham, Indv., Etc.

Donald E. Puckett, Baton Rouge, of counsel for defendant-appellee State of La. through the La. Health & Social & Rehabilitation Services Administration.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff (Appellant) appeals from judgment rejecting her claims for damages for severe personal injuries inflicted upon her 12 year old son in a knife attack by William Robertson, following Robertson's escape from a mental institution known as State Hospital, located in Pineville, Louisiana (Hospital). The regrettable incident occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, more than 100 miles distant from the Hospital, about midmorning August 3, 1973, after Robertson...

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