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BURGESS v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

No. 16141-CA.

448 So.2d 861 (1984)

Betty T. BURGESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT et al, Defendants-Appellees, State of Louisiana and Caddo Parish Board of Election Supervisors, Third Party Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writs Granted May 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson, Hammons & Johnson by Sydney B. Nelson, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. by Charles E. Welsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for third party defendants-appellants, State of Louisiana and Caddo Parish Bd. of Election Supervisors.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts by J. Jay Caraway, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty. by W. Glen Mangham, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees, Caddo Parish Police Jury and The Travelers Ins. Co.

Before PRICE and MARVIN, JJ., and McCLENDON, J. Pro Tem.

McCLENDON, Judge Pro Tem.

Betty T. Burgess filed suit against the Caddo Parish Police Jury (Police Jury), their insurer, and the City of Shreveport (City), for damages resulting from injuries she sustained when she fell at a polling place while attempting to vote in a statewide election. Mrs. Burgess died as a result of these injuries and her daughter, Elizabeth Burgess Maffett, was substituted as party plaintiff.

The Police Jury filed a third party demand...

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