BURNS v. TOWN OF LEESVILLE

No. 7539.

383 So.2d 109 (1980)

Bill BURNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF LEESVILLE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel, Roy & Burns, Dee D. Drell, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hall, Lestage & Lestage, F. Steve Landreneau, DeRidder, Jack L. Simms, Leesville, for defendants-appellees.

Before SWIFT, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


SWIFT, Judge.

Plaintiff, Bill Burns,1 instituted this tort action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell from a bunk bed while incarcerated in the Leesville City Jail. The defendants are the Town of Leesville, its insurer, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Insurance Company, Bill Hillmon, Leesville's Chief of Police and the Village of New Llano.2 Without assigning written reasons, the...

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