ROSS v. SHERIFF OF LAFOURCHE PARISH

No. 84 CA 1024.

479 So.2d 506 (1985)

Donnie ROSS v. SHERIFF OF LAFOURCHE PARISH, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Hillman, Thibodaux, for plaintiff-appellee Donnie Ross.

Huntington B. Downer, Jr., Houma, for defendants-appellants Allen Wall, Michael Martin, John Molyneaux, and Sheriff Duffy Breaux.

Delbert Talley, Gretna, for defendants-appellants City of Thibodaux, Officer Larry Bland, and Officer Patrick Branighan.

Jerald P. Block, Thibodaux, for defendants and plaintiffs in reconvention-appellants Allen Wall, Michael Martin, and John Molyneaux.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Donnie Ross, filed suit for false arrest and battery. Named as defendants were: three Lafourche Parish deputies, Allen "Hap" Wall, Michael Martin and John Molyneaux; their employer, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Duffy Breaux; two city policemen, Patrick Branighan and Larry Bland; and, their employer, the City of Thibodaux. Plaintiff later amended his petition seeking recovery under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and § 1988 (Civil Rights Act).

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