NIGREVILLE v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 8804.

415 So.2d 600 (1982)

Joseph T. NIGREVILLE, Plaintiff & Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Defendant & Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford, Stewart & Potter, Russell L. Potter, Alexandria, for defendant & appellant.

Davis & Murchison, James D. Davis, Alexandria, for plaintiff & appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and DOUCET, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The defendant appeals a judgment awarding plaintiff $1500 damages for false arrest. We reverse.

The issue is whether the arresting officer had probable cause to arrest plaintiff for committing in the officer's presence the misdemeanor of interfering with the officer's investigation of a traffic accident.

On the night in question, there were two automobile accidents at the intersection of Louisiana State Highway 1, a four-lane thoroughfare...

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