COUSIN v. SCHILLECI

No. 12693.

374 So.2d 130 (1979)

Bernice Cummings COUSIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward SCHILLECI, City of Slidell and Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

July 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Dingleman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Bernice Cummings Cousin.

France W. Watts, III, Franklinton, for defendant-appellee, Edward Schilleci, City of Slidell & Travelers.

Lloyd R. Walters, Slidell, for defendant-appellee, City of Slidell.

Before CHIASSON, EDWARDS and COLE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a wrongful death action on the peremptory exception raising the objection of no right of action.

Bernice Cummings Cousin brought suit against the City of Slidell, its insurer, Travelers Insurance Co., and Edward Schilleci, chief of the Slidell police department, for the death of her son Robert Cousin. Cousin allegedly died on July 7, 1975, while incarcerated in the Slidell jail.

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