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HAMPTON v. STATE, THROUGH DEPT. OF CORRECT.

No. 82 CA 0813.

434 So.2d 433 (1983)

Eugene HAMPTON v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Eaton, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Eugene Hampton.

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

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

SHORTESS, Judge.

This suit for damages was brought by Eugene Hampton (plaintiff), an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, against the State of Louisiana and the Department of Corrections (defendant). The facts showed that plaintiff was asleep alone in his cell around 12:15 a.m. when Bertrand Brown (a fellow inmate on his cellblock) threw acid or some other foreign substance into plaintiff's cell and on his face, neck and upper torso. The matter has been...

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