BERRY v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY

No. 40,063-CA.

911 So.2d 333 (2005)

Daryl BERRY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, by Kenneth Mascagni, S. Price Barker, J. Jarrod Thrash, Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellant City of Bossier City, Defendants-Appellees Fire Chief Donnie Faith, Police Chief Mike Halphen, City of Bossier City and City Attorney James Hall.

English & Associates, L.L.C., by Larry English, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Darien D. Lester, Michael Nerren, Bossier City, for Defendant-Appellee David Shanks.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

This appeal arises from a lawsuit by African-American firefighters alleging racial discrimination within the Bossier City Fire Department (BCFD). The City of Bossier City appeals from the trial court's failure to grant summary judgment dismissing all of the claims of two of the firefighters, Jimmie McGee and Cameron Lacoure, on the basis that their deposition testimony established that there had been no discrimination against them. We reverse.

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