STRASNER v. STATE

No. 99 CA 1099.

762 So.2d 1206 (2000)

Sheldon STRASNER, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Clary, Jr., Chris D. Glisson, Edward B. Kramer, Edmund J. Schmidt, III, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Sheldon Strasner, Greg Solie, Patricia Baechle, Brandy Calamia, Mindy Marshall, Wendy Guy, Allison Dees, Clay Pere, Kristi Smith, Mandy Thibodeaux, Emily Dixon, Angie Marshall, Grant Faul, Brianne Callihan, and Angie Metz.

Daniel R. Martiny, Metairie, for Defendants-Appellees State of Louisiana, Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Dept., West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Dept., Allen Parish Sheriff's Dept., and St. James Parish Sheriff's Dept., Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Edwin L. Blewer, Jr., Shreveport, for Defendants-Appellees Bossier and Red River Parish Sheriff's Dept.

William F. Dodd, Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, for Defendant-Appellee Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Dept.

John H. Musser, IV, Don A. Almerico, Destrehan, for Defendants-Appellees St. John the Baptist and St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Charles M. Hughes, Jr., Mandeville, for Defendant-Appellee St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Leu Anne Lester Greco, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff.

T. Allen Usry, Metairie, for Defendants-Appellees Sheriffs of the Parishes of Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana and Winn.

W. Wayne Gaudin, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Michele Whitesell Crosby, Special Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Nan Roberts Eitel, Mary L. Hassinger, Special Assistant Attorneys General, New Orleans, for State of Louisiana.

Before: LeBLANC and PETTIGREW, JJ. and KLINE, J. Pro Tem.


PETTIGREW, J.

In this case, plaintiffs appeal two adverse judgments of the trial court whereby the court sustained various exceptions filed by the defendants and dismissed plaintiffs' suit with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court's judgments.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 22, 1997, fifteen named plaintiffs filed the instant class action "on behalf of themselves and all other persons or entities similarly situated...

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