GORDON v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 9253.

363 So.2d 235 (1978)

Mrs. Dorothy Yarls Gordon, wife of/and James T. GORDON, Sr. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans Police Department, Donald Lagarde and Marcel David.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gertler & Gertler, M. H. Gertler, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wayne G. Cresap, Asst. City Atty., and Philip S. Brooks, City Atty., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, REDMANN and STOULIG, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

This is an action for wrongful death. Plaintiffs allege their son, a senior high school student, was negligently shot and killed by Donald Lagarde and Marcel David, officers of the New Orleans Police Department. Named as defendants are the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Police Department, Lagarde and David. The defendants' answer denies liability and pleads self-defense on behalf of Lagarde and David. Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans...

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