TURNER v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH

No. 14-384.

158 So.3d 837 (2014)

CARLOS TURNER v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Swift , Donna R. Moliere , Swift & Rhoades, LLP, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Jonathon Sanchez.

Myles J. Johnson , Bellevue, WA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Carlos Turner.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.


The plaintiff alleged that he sustained injury and related damages after police officers placed him face down on the concrete with his hands behind his back before patting him down for weapons. The plaintiff, a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair, asserted that he had warned the officers that...

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