HARPER v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORR.

No. 95-771.

664 So.2d 841 (1995)

Gary Allen HARPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LA. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Eric Starling Jr., Pineville, for Gary Allen Harper.

Allan Dale Smith, Richard Phillip Ieyoub, David G. Sanders, Rudy Wayne York, Todd Lee Farrar, Pamela J. LeBato, Baton Rouge, for Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety & Corr. et al.

David Ramsey Lestage, DeRiader, for Frank A. Howard and Timothy Dawden.

Dorwan Gene Vizzier, Alexandria, for Leonard Hataway, Sheriff of Grant Parish La.

Before SAUNDERS, WOODARD and DECUIR, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

The defendant-appellant, State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole, appeals the judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiff, Gary Harper, in the amount of $806,215.24.

FACTS

This suit arises out of a battery upon the plaintiff by defendant, Timothy Dowden, while both plaintiff and Dowden were inmate trustees in the custody of the...

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