BUSSEY v. DILLARD DEPT. STORES, INC.

No. 2007 CA 1379.

984 So.2d 781 (2008)

Patrick BUSSEY v. DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., John Doe and Jane Doe, & XYZ Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied May 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan Malbrough, Houma, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Patrick Bussey.

J. Rene Williams, Houma, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Dillard's Dept. Stores, Inc.

William F. Dodd, Houma, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Jerry J. Larpenter, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.

Before GAIDRY, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


McCLENDON, J.

Plaintiff appealed the trial court's dismissal of his suit for damages sustained when a shoplifting suspect, while fleeing from employees of the defendants, Dillard's, Inc. (Dillard's) and Sheriff Jerry Larpenter of the Terrebonne Parish Sheriffs Office (sheriff's office), collided with plaintiff.1 We affirm.

In its reasons for judgment, the trial court found as follows:

And I think the testimony across the...

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