BREWINGTON v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 83-632.

447 So.2d 1184 (1984)

Danny BREWINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baggett, Mc Call & Ranier, Drew Ranier, Cameron, for plaintiff-appellant.

Houston T. Penn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

Plaintiff, Danny Brewington, an inmate at the Louisiana Correctional and Industrial School located at DeQuincy, La., brought the present damage suit for injuries he received when scalded by hot water in the course of repairing a washing machine. The trial court found he assumed the risk of injury and dismissed his demands against the Louisiana Department of Corrections, defendant-appellee. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff relies on two general legal...

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