HARRIS v. BRUSTOWICZ

Nos. 95 CA 0027, 95 CA 0028.

671 So.2d 440 (1995)

Sharon M. HARRIS, Wife of/and Donald R. Harris; Patricia Erwin, individually, and on Behalf of her Minor Daughter, Jessica Erwin; and Bridget King v. Ted R. BRUSTOWICZ, M.D., St. Tammany Parish Coroner and St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office. Carl Martin BROFMAN v. Ted R. BRUSTOWICZ, M.D., St. Tammany Parish Coroner and St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delbert G. Talley, Covington, for Patricia Erwin, Jessica Erwin and Bridget King.

Natasha R. Zimmerman, New Orleans, for Sharon and Donald Harris.

Alan A. Zaunbrecher and Dennis J. Phayer, Metairie, for Ted R. Brustowicz and Parish Coroner's Office.

L. Blake Jones, New Orleans, for Carl M. Brofman.

Before LeBLANC, WHIPPLE and FOGG, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

The dispositive issue presented in this appeal is whether defendants, Ted R. Brustowicz, M.D., and the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office, are immune from suit on the basis of judicial immunity.

FACTS

This appeal involves two consolidated suits against defendants arising out of a tragic occurrence on August 30, 1992, during which several people were shot by Richard Rogowski, who then killed himself. In the first suit (the Harris...

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