PHILLIPS v. PHELPS

No. 12593.

370 So.2d 898 (1979)

Sallie PHILLIPS v. C. Paul PHELPS et al., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1979.

Writ Refused July 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Grimley, A. J. Spedale, Spedale, Sanders, Pennington & Grimley, Baton Rouge, counsel for plaintiff-appellee Sallie Phillips.

Thomas S. Halligan, Arthur Stallworth, Richard Rudolph and William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of La., Baton Rouge, counsel for defendant-appellant C. Paul Phelps, et al.

Dan E. West, Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, counsel for intervenor-appellee Houston General Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER and BAILES, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge:

This is an "executive officer" suit for damages for personal injuries suffered by Sallie Phillips when she was attacked and beaten by an inmate at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Made defendants are C. Paul Phelps, who was, at the time of the assault, the Deputy Director of the Louisiana Department of Corrections; the Estate of Elayn Hunt, then Director of the Department of Corrections; J. D. Middlebrooks, then Warden...

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