LEMMON, Judge.
This is a suit for bodily injury allegedly inflicted upon plaintiff, an inmate of parish prison, by a prison guard while thwarting an attempted break by 13 prisoners.
Defendants argue that the normal duty owed by a person not to injure another is not applicable to a prison guard during the course of a prison break, since the guard's paramount duty is to protect the citizenry in general by keeping criminals confined for their terms in prison...
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