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BELLANGER v. WEBRE

No. 2010 CA 0720.

65 So.3d 201 (2011)

Sandy BELLANGER, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Tsunami S. Dodge v. Craig WEBRE, Sheriff of Lafourche Parish, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, Deputy Ben Dempster, Deputy Jeff Prevost and Deputy Jude Cantrelle.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Ardoin , Thibodaux, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Sandy Bellagner, Individually and on Behalf of her Minor Child Tsunami S. Dodge.

Donald F. Harang, Jr. , Larose, LA, Louis C. LaCour, Jr. , New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants Craig Webre, Sheriff for the Parish of Lafourche, Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office, Deputy Ben Dempster, Deputy Jeff Prevost, and Deputy Jude Cantrelle.

Before CARTER, C.J., KUHN, GAIDRY, HUGHES, and WELCH, JJ.

WELCH, J.

Defendants, Craig Webre, Sheriff of Lafourche Parish, Benjamin Dempster, Jeffery Prevost, and Jude Cantrelle (collectively referred to as "the Sheriff), appeal a judgment finding the Sheriff 50% at fault in causing the death of an infant and awarding plaintiff, Sandy Bellanger (Bellanger), survival and wrongful death damages. The Sheriff also appeals a judgment awarding Bellanger damages for false imprisonment. We reverse.

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