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BRIDGEWATER v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 83-C-0072.

434 So.2d 383 (1983)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory F. Gambel, Cummings & Gambel, New Orleans, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Houston T. Penn, J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Plaintiff, Henry Bridgewater, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola filed suit against the State of Louisiana through the Department of Corrections, seeking damages for injuries he sustained at the penitentiary. Following a trial before a commissioner of the Nineteenth Judicial District, the district court rendered judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000.00. Defendant appealed. The court

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