ABRAHAM v. MAES

No. CA-0379.

430 So.2d 1099 (1983)

Helen Poole ABRAHAM, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of Her Minor Child, Tonya Louise Abraham and Juanita Davis Abraham, as Natural Tutrix of Her Minor Child, Alex Wayne Abraham v. Officer K. MAES, Officer S.M. King, Officer F. Sims, New Orleans Police Department and the City of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rainer Lorenz, Zelden & Zelden, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Avis Marie Russell, Douglas P. Wilson, Salvador Anzelmo, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, BARRY and LOBRANO, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking damages for her husband's death due to the alleged negligence of several police officers1.

The facts are essentially undisputed. About 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 1977 Police Officers Maes and Drouant were notified by the dispatcher that a man was in the Palmetto Street Canal. When they arrived at the scene the officers found a man who appeared to be asleep...

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