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REID v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 12743.

376 So.2d 977 (1979)

Mrs. Joann Thompson REID, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana Through DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Due and John W. deGravelles, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellee.

Thomas S. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant and appellant.

Richard W. Watts, Franklinton, for intervenor Travelers Ins. Co.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.

PONDER, Judge.

Defendant appealed from judgment in favor of plaintiff in this suit for injuries and for a wrongful death.

We reverse.

Charles Spears, who had been sentenced to custody of the defendant, escaped from Jackson Barracks in New Orleans. Eleven days later, during the course of a robbery, he shot and killed John Reid. He also shot Roy Walters, who was temporarily blinded but recovered with an overall vision loss of 10%.

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