GORDON v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 63477.

371 So.2d 768 (1979)

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.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Donald A. Hoffman, City Atty., Debra J. Fischman, Asst. City Atty., for defendants-respondents.


PER CURIAM.

After carefully reviewing the testimony and other evidence in the record of this case, we conclude that the court of appeal properly affirmed the judgment of the district court. Under the facts correctly found by the intermediate court, Officer Lagarde's actions in defending himself with his service revolver against a gunman at very close range, were, under the circumstances, neither unreasonable nor wanting in skill. Accordingly, for these reasons and...

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