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CAZES v. PARISH OF WEST BATON ROUGE

No. 97 CA 2824.

744 So.2d 54 (1998)

Elizabeth T. CAZES and Joseph M. Cazes v. The PARISH OF WEST BATON ROUGE and the Police Jury of West Baton Rouge Parish.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Bohrer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellees Elizabeth T. Cazes and Joseph M. Cazes.

Ben Louis Day, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellants The Parish of West Baton Rouge, The West Baton Rouge Parish Council, and Commercial Union Insurance Company.

BEFORE: GONZALES, KUHN, and WEIMER, JJ.

KUHN, J.

This appeal, which involves a personal injury suit, addresses whether a Parish and Parish Council as owners of premises used as a polling place are liable for injuries sustained by an election commissioner who was working on the premises on an election day. We affirm the district court's finding of liability and assessment of damages.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 21, 1995, plaintiff, Elizabeth T. Cazes, who was scheduled...

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