PENNY v. STATE

No. 96 CA 2421.

702 So.2d 1173 (1997)

Barbara PENNY, Individually and on Behalf of her minor child v. The STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Boyer, Jr., New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

W. Steven Mannear, Baton Rouge, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and SHORTESS and FOGG, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Barbara Penny (plaintiff) sued the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections1 (defendant), and August Skinner, an employee of the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Gabriel (LCIW), alleging that while she was an inmate at LCIW, Skinner raped and impregnated her.2

The case was tried on stipulations and documentary evidence alone. Skinner...

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