JOHNSON v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 86 CA 0149.

506 So.2d 882 (1987)

James JOHNSON, Jr. v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE and Donald Evans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied June 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Modica, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-second appellant James Johnson, Jr.

Samuel R. Cicero and Todd Rossi, Baton Rouge, for defendants-first appellants City of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and Donald Evans.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.


CRAIN, Judge.

This is a suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident between plaintiff and a Baton Rouge city police officer. The trial court found that the police officer, Donald Evans, was negligent when he struck the rear of James Johnson Jr.'s motorcycle. Evans was "tailing" Johnson in an unmarked police unit. Evans and his employer, the City of Baton Rouge, were made defendants in the suit. They appeal the...

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