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WELLMAN v. EVANS

No. 03-1720.

876 So.2d 954 (2004)

Althea WELLMAN, Tutrix of Jared Lamont Samuel v. Johnny M. EVANS, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schwartzberg, Vamvoras & Schwartzberg, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Althea Wellman, Tutrix of Jared Lamont Samuel.

David R. Lestage, Hall, Lestage & Landreneau, DeRidder, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, M. Bolivar Bishop, Sheriff of Beauregard Parish.

L. Lane Roy, Jennifer A. Wells, Pries, Kraft & Roy, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, The City of DeRidder and Arvin Malone, in his Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of DeRidder.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD and MARC T. AMY, Judges.

COOKS, Judge.

This appeal involves a claim for damages arising from the murder of Ernest Prater, Jr., who was shot and beaten to death on the evening of August 27, 1997. Prater was killed after traveling to the Vernon Parish Spillway with Johnny Evans, Jr. and Eric Pickens. Pickens pled guilty to manslaughter and testified against Evans who was eventually convicted of the second degree murder of Prater.

At the time of his death, Prater was working as a confidential...

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