ALLEN v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 12-430.

107 So.3d 106 (2012)

Larry ALLEN, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Calhoun , Victoria R. Murry , Assistant Attorneys General, Leanne Broussard , Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Office of Risk Management, State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Terry J. Bordelon.

Otha Curtis Nelson, Sr. , Nelson & Nelson, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Larry Allen, et al.

Daniel G. Brenner , R. Preston Mansour, Jr. , Bolen, Parker, Brenner, Lee & Engelsman, LTD., Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, John Doe, Deputy, Rapides Parish, Charles F. Wagner, Jr., Sheriff, Rapides Parish.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, MARC T. AMY, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiffs filed suit, initially against the Department of Public Safety and Corrections as well as one of its employees, alleging that the employee was negligent in causing an automobile accident and that the plaintiffs suffered damages as a result. After the plaintiffs amended their suit to name the Rapides Parish Sheriff and an unknown deputy as defendants, the defendants filed an exception of prescription and an exception of improper venue. The...

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