JOHNSON v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. OF P. SAFETY

No. 83-601.

451 So.2d 104 (1984)

L.D. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, the State Police, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antoon & Dalrymple, Joseph T. Dalrymple, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gold, Little, Simon, Weems & Bruser, Henry B. Bruser, III, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and DOUCET, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

The plaintiff, L.D. Johnson, brought this suit seeking damages for false imprisonment. Made defendants were the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police (hereafter State Police), the arresting officer, Trooper Wilbert Sanders, and the Sheriff of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Marshall T. Cappel. The plaintiff reached a settlement with Cappel, and voluntarily dismissed him from the suit. The matter proceeded to...

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