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NELSON v. PARISH OF WASHINGTON

No. 85-3575.

805 F.2d 1236 (1986)

Rosalyn Barden NELSON and Dennis L. Barden, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. PARISH OF WASHINGTON, Defendant, v. WASHINGTON PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT and American Druggists' Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben W. Lightfoot, Baton Rouge, La. for appellants.

Robert E. Winn, Jerome K. Lipsich, Patricia D. Tunmer, New Orleans, La., for American Druggists' and Washington Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Ray W. Breland, Jr., Bogalusa, La., for Rosalyn Barden Nelson.

Margaret E. Woodward, Barham & Churchill, New Orleans, La., for Dennis L. Barden.

Before POLITZ and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges, and SHAW, District Judge.

SHAW, District Judge:

A. Course of Proceedings and Disposition in the Court Below.

Rosalyn Barden Nelson filed suit against Washington Parish Sheriff's Department and its insurer on May 14, 1982, alleging that the rape and murder on or about May 2, 1982, of her nine-year-old daughter, Jennifer Barden, had resulted from the Sheriff's Department's negligence in having permitted Billy Wilson, a convicted rapist, to escape from the Bogalusa City Jail, on April...

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