ROSADO v. DETERS

No. 92-4109.

5 F.3d 119 (1993)

Angel ROSADO and Mercedes M. Santos, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. C.J. DETERS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Cosenza, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Winfield E. Little, Jr., Lundy & Dwight, Lake Charles, LA, for City of DeRidder.

A. Dale Smith, Ball, LA, for Office of State Police, State of LA.

John F. Wilkes, III, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, LA, for Robert L. Benton, Jr.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The parents ("plaintiffs") of the decedent, Alberto Luis Rosado-Santos, brought the underlying 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) action, claiming that law enforcement officials violated the decedent's substantive due process rights by engaging in a dangerous high-speed chase and establishing a roadblock. The plaintiffs also brought a diversity survival and wrongful death action, pursuant to La.Civ.Code Ann. arts. 2315, 2315.1, 2315.2 (West...

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