BLACK v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORR.

No. 94-1305.

657 So.2d 270 (1995)

Richard BLACK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, and the City of DeQuincy, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied September 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. DiRosa Jr., New Orleans, for Richard Black.

Robert Wickliffe Fenet, Thomas Joseph Solari, Lake Charles, for State of LA, Through Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.

Bradley Charles Myers, John F. Jakuback, Baton Rouge, for City of DeQuincy.

Before DOUCET, C.J., and LABORDE and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal concerns the liability of the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and the City of DeQuincy, for injuries an inmate sustained while working for the City of DeQuincy.

FACTS

On January 12, 1989, Richard Black, then an inmate at the Louisiana Correctional and Industrial School (LCIS) in DeQuincy (hereafter the City), was one of approximately fifteen inmates assigned to a work detail for...

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