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TRIPLETT v. AMISS

No. 13944.

395 So.2d 374 (1981)

Lionell TRIPLETT v. J. Al AMISS, Individually, and as Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, Mike Sparks, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish; Sgt. John Simmons, Individually and as Deputy Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

January 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Judge Eames, Baton Rouge, Tom Withers, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Lionell Triplett.

Conrad S. Adkins, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees J. Al Amiss, Sheriff E. B. R. Parish, Mike Sparks, Deputy Sheriff E. B. R. Parish, John Simmons, Deputy Sheriff E. B. R. Parish.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.

PONDER, Judge.

This is a suit in tort for damages for personal injury suffered by plaintiff while being searched by police officers. Plaintiff appeals from an award of $730.00.

The sole issue is quantum.

We affirm.

While being booked into jail on a charge of simple drunk, plaintiff was kneed in the back by defendant, Deputy Sparks, when plaintiff was uncooperative. As a result, plaintiff sustained a strain of the cervical and lumbar spine....

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