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JONES EX REL. JONES v. GEO GROUP, INC.

No. 08-1276.

6 So.3d 1021 (2009)

Hazel JONES, On behalf of her minor Grandchildren, Courtland JONES, Kayura Jones, and Hilton Jones, III v. The GEO GROUP, INC., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, Warden Kent Andrews, Warden Michael Estes, Associate Warden Bill Crucher, Captain Walter Garnett, Sergeant Patricia Mapel, and Guard Lashonda Hall.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Gaar, Jr., Jason M. Welborn, J.P. D'Albor, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Hazel Jones, on behalf of her minor grandchildren, Courtland Jones, Kayura Jones, and Hilton Jones, III.

Samuel B. Gabb Loftin, Cain, Gabb & LeBlanc, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, The GEO Group, Inc., Kent Andrews, Mark Estes, Murray Crutcher, Walter Garnett, and Patricia Mapel.

Joseph R. Pousson, Jr., Plauché, Smith & Neiset, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, LaShonda Hall.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

GENOVESE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Hazel Jones, on behalf of her minor grandchildren, Courtland Jones, Kayura Jones, and Hilton Jones, III, appeals the trial court's judgment sustaining Defendants' peremptory exception of res judicata, which dismissed Plaintiff's claims with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This is a wrongful death action filed on May 12, 2008, by Hazel Jones, the mother of the deceased...

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