ASCANI v. HUGHES

No. CA 8148.

522 So.2d 1259 (1988)

Peter A. ASCANI, Sr., Anna Schmidt, Mercedes Reinerth and Darleen Boyle v. Darrell HUGHES, the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Police Department, Henry Morris, and American Centennial Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy A. Raspanti, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, P.C., Thomas P. Anzelmo, Mark M. Gloven, Okla Jones, II, City Atty., Don J. Hernandez, Chief Deputy City Atty., Val K. Scheurich, III, George V. Perez, Jr., Deputy City Attys., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRY, ARMSTRONG and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

On February 7, 1977, David Nathan Ascani was shot and killed by a New Orleans police officer. A suit for damages was filed by decedent's father, Peter A. Ascani, Sr., and decedent's siblings—Peter A. Ascani, Jr., Anna Schmit, Darius Ascani, Jesse Ascani, Mercedes Reinerth and Darlene Boyle—against the City of New Orleans, New Orleans Police Department, Henry Morris, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the New Orleans...

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