WATSON v. BULLOCH

No. 2002-CA-2144.

868 So.2d 825 (2004)

Natashia J. WATSON v. Wilson D. BULLOCH, III, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police and Louisiana Automobile Liability Self Insurance Fund.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Johnston, Law Offices of Robert M. Johnston, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, and Stephen J. Hornyak, Gretna, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, M. Chadwick Pellerin, Assistant Attorney General, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants, Wilson Bullock, III and State of Louisiana, Office of State Police.

Charles L. Rice, Jr., City Attorney, John E. Smith, Deputy City Attorney, Albert A. Thibodeaux, Chief Deputy City Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant, The City of New Orleans.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS SR., Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge Pro Tempore MOON LANDRIEU).


MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.

Defendants, the City of New Orleans ("City"), Louisiana State Trooper Wilson Bulloch, III ("Trooper Bulloch") and the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Office of State Police ("State"), appeal the trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff, Natashia J. Watson. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The following facts are undisputed: On January 22, 1997, Trooper Bulloch and Officer Darryl...

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