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

No. 90-C-1679.

576 So.2d 490 (1991)

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

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Griffin, II, St. Francisville, Albert F. Richard, Plaquemine, for Alvin and Ed Hilliard plaintiffs-applicants.

William J. Guste, Jr., New Orleans, Houston T. Penn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. Kopsa, Baton Rouge, for State of La. Dept. of Public Safety defendant-respondent.

COLE, Justice.

We determine whether the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as a custodian of prisoners, is liable for criminal acts perpetrated on the plaintiffs by an escaped convict where the incidents in question took place thirteen days after the convict left the grounds of the prison. The trial court, having conducted a bench trial, held the State liable to the victims. The Court of Appeal, First Circuit, reversed the...

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