McELVEEN v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 88-CA-2297.

553 So.2d 1001 (1989)

Elgia McELVEEN v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, James Pollard, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Collins, Jr., Schafer & Schafer, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Brett J. Prendergast, Deputy City Atty., New Orleans, for defendants/appellants.

Before GARRISON, CIACCIO and BECKER, JJ.


BECKER, Judge.

Defendants, the City of New Orleans, James Keen, and James Pollard appeal the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiff $3,500.00 in damages. Plaintiff initiated this litigation after he was allegedly hit by a police vehicle while being arrested. Plaintiff named as defendants the officers who had taken him into custody, James Keen and Vincent Tumminello, as well as the officers in the police car which allegedly struck him, James Pollard and Calvin Wilson...

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