FAUGHT v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

No. 88-1309.

560 So.2d 671 (1990)

Joseph T. FAUGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broussard, Bolton, Halcomb, Vizzier & Van Hoof, Daniel Broussard, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles F. Nunnally, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and KING, JJ.


KING, Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of the correctness of the judgments of the trial court and a Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, both of which affirmed the decision of a City to suspend and demote in rank one of its police officers.

On November 9, 1986, Alexandria City Policeman, Joseph T. Faught (hereinafter plaintiff), while off duty, went to the City Jail, and struck a prisoner, Woodrow Trammell (hereinafter Trammell), who had stolen...

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