DEVILLE v. TOWN OF BUNKIE

No. 6701.

364 So.2d 1378 (1978)

Adam DEVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOWN OF BUNKIE et al. (Bobby Higden & American Home Assurance Co.), Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gold, Hall, Simon, Weems & Bruser, John F. Simon, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

Carol J. Aymond, Jr., Bunkie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ben C. Bennett, Jr., Marksville, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and FORET, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

Adam Deville sued two Bunkie City Police officers, Andrew Wells and Bobby Higden, the Town of Bunkie, and its insurance carrier, American Home Assurance Company, alleging mistreatment and resulting injuries during his arrest and imprisonment. The plaintiff requested a jury trial in the matter. However, as the Town of Bunkie, a political subdivision of the State, was a defendant, a bifurcated trial was ordered, with the judge to determine the facts as...

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