BURGESS v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

Nos. 84-C-0784, 84-C-0827.

471 So.2d 690 (1985)

Betty T. BURGESS v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied September 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney B. Nelson, Nelson, Hammons & Johnson, Shreveport, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Charles E. Welsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jerald L. Perlman, J. Jay Caraway, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Larkin E. Greer, W. Glen Mangham, Shreveport, for respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.

The question presented by this wrongful death and survival action is whether a police jury in discharging its statutory obligation to establish a polling place in a suitable building having proper facilities owes a duty to voters to inspect the premises for forseeably dangerous conditions and take reasonable precautions to protect them from dangers which are reasonably discoverable. The lower courts exonerated the police jury from liability to the...

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