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WILSON v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORR.

Nos. CA 89 0969, CA 89 0984.

563 So.2d 1251 (1990)

Alvin WILSON v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS. Ed HILLIARD, Jr. v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert F. Richard, Plaquemine, Charles E. Griffin, St. Francisville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Houston T. Penn, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and FOIL, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the State, as a custodian of prisoners, is liable for criminal acts perpetrated on two individuals by an escaped convict, where the incidents in question took place thirteen days after the escape. The lower court held the State liable to the victims. We reverse.

FACTS

This is a negligence action brought by victims of a robbery committed by an escaped convict against the State of Louisiana...

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