COTTON v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

No. 30734-CA.

715 So.2d 651 (1998)

Harold COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Goodwin, Metairie, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gary M. Parker, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARVIN, C.J., and NORRIS and WILLIAMS, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

Harold Cotton, a former inmate and trustee in the Shreveport city jail, appeals a judgment dismissing his tort action against the city for mental anguish damages arising out of Cotton assisting jailers in handling the body of an inmate infected with hepatitis who had hanged himself in his cell. Cotton did not contract the disease but bases his action on his fear, for several months after the incident, that he was exposed to contracting hepatitis...

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