GILLIAM v. HAYES

No. 14642.

404 So.2d 1302 (1981)

Charley GILLIAM and Eula Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Terry HAYES, Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of Shreveport; Mayor Calhoun Allen, Mayor for the City of Shreveport; Shreveport City Council; E. R. Waites and Michael Sullivan, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Grubb, City Atty. by Roland J. Achee, Asst. City Atty., Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Thompson & Smith by Arthur G. Thompson, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before PRICE, HALL and FRED W. JONES, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Judge.

A husband and wife sued for damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the wife as the result of a battery committed upon her by an on-duty Shreveport police officer. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs against the City of Shreveport alone, the latter appeals, along with the Shreveport City Council and the two defendant police officers. We reverse.

This suit was filed on March 24, 1977, based upon an incident which allegedly occurred...

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