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BRIDGEWATER v. STATE, ETC.

No. 15069.

422 So.2d 1214 (1982)

Henry BRIDGEWATER v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1982.

Writ Granted February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory F. Gambel, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, Henry Bridgewater.

Houston T. Penn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellants, State of La. Through the Dept. of Corrections.

Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.

LEAR, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Henry Bridgewater (Bridgewater), an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) at Angola, Louisiana, filed suit against defendant, State of Louisiana through the Department of Corrections (the Department), seeking damages for injuries he sustained at LSP. After a trial on the merits before a commissioner of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, judgment was rendered by the district court in favor of plaintiff in the amount...

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