SIMS v. WARD

No. 2005-CA-0278.

938 So.2d 702 (2006)

Joseph Arthur SIMS and Julia Brumfield Sims v. Barry WARD and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Division of Louisiana State Police.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Olive Pierson, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Timothy D. Scandurro, Dewey M. Scandurro, Scandurro & Layrisson, L.L.C., New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Patrick J. Berrigan, Special Assistant Attorney General, Slidell, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees.

Panel composed of Ad Hoc Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., THOMAS F. DALEY, and FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER.


EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., Chief Judge, Ad Hoc.

In this appeal, plaintiffs, Joseph and Julia Sims, challenge the jury verdict which found no liability on the part of defendants, Barry Ward and the Louisiana State Police. Plaintiffs, asserting there is no factual basis for the verdict, request that this court reverse the jury verdict and thereafter make an appropriate award of damages. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the verdict of the jury.

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