KNIEPP v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

Nos. 24,216-CA to 24,218-CA.

609 So.2d 1163 (1992)

Billy Floyd KNIEPP, et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT, Defendant-Appellee. S. DIG, INC. and Sam Digilormo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT, Defendant-Appellee. Billy Floyd KNIEPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied February 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl Gold, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jerry Jones, City Atty., Lydia M. Rhodes, Asst. City Atty., for defendant-appellee, City of Shreveport.

Before LINDSAY, BROWN and STEWART, JJ.


STEWART, Judge.

Plaintiffs, S. Dig, Inc. and Sam Digilormo, who owned Sack-N-Pack Grocery, and Billy F. Kniepp, who owned B & R Liquor and Buster's Liquor, sued the City of Shreveport for negligent acts and omissions by the Shreveport Police Department (SPD) at the scene of a homicide which allegedly triggered the "Cedar Grove riot."

After trial on the issue of liability, the trial court found that the acts or omissions of the police department were neither...

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