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EMOAKEMEH v. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

No. CA 94 1194.

654 So.2d 474 (1995)

Smart EMOAKEMEH v. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Raymond Byrd Arvie, Dennis Ray Taylor, Jonathan K. Thornton, and Insurance Companies A, B, C and D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. deGravelles, Taylor L. Caffery, Baton Rouge, for appellee plaintiff Smart Emoakemeh.

W. Steven Mannear, Baton Rouge, for appellant defendant Southern University.

Cedric A. Upshaw, Baton Rouge, and Arthur R. Thomas, Baton Rouge, for appellee Raymond Byrd Arvie.

Before FOIL, WHIPPLE and KUHN, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges a trial court's liability and quantum determinations, as well as the trial court's assessment of court costs to the successful plaintiff. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the liability and quantum rulings, but reverse the cost assessment.

BACKGROUND

This tort litigation was filed by Smart Emoakemeh, a Nigerian national, who was injured by a gunshot wound during an altercation in a dormitory at the...

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