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GOULD v. STATE THROUGH LA. DEPT. OF CORRECT.

No. 82 CA 0899.

435 So.2d 540 (1983)

Victor GOULD v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory F. Gambel, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Victor Gould.

Joseph Erwin Kopsa, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, State of La., Through the Louisiana Dept. of Corrections.

Before COVINGTON, LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.

LANIER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages in tort. The petitioner, Victor Gould, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, sued the State of Louisiana, through the Louisiana Department of Corrections (State), to recover the sum of $750,000.00 for personal injuries suffered on September 17, 1976, when he sustained a severe laceration of his left hand from being struck with a cane knife, or machete, which was being used by a fellow inmate while they were...

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