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BRISTOL v. GONZALES POLICE DEPARTMENT

Nos. 2017 CA 0675, 2017 CA 0676, 2017 CA 0677.

240 So.3d 232 (2017)

Donna BRISTOL & Sylvester Bristol, Sr., individually and on behalf of their Deceased Minor Child, Sylvester Bristol, Jr. v. GONZALES POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of Gonzales, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections/Louisiana State Police. Barbara Dabney, Brett Dabney, Shannon Bowers, Kimberly McKnight and Lawrence W. McKnight, Jr., individually and on behalf of their Minor Child, Kayla McKnight v. Safeway Insurance Company, Donna Carter, individually and on behalf of the Estate of her Minor Child, Sylvester Bristol, City of Gonzales, Gonzales Police Department, Parish of Ascension, Louisiana State Police Department, and State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation and Development. Tyrone Johnson and Latoria Singleton on behalf of their minor child, Ta'Ryan Singleton v. Sylvester Bristol, Donna Carter Bristol, Safeway Insurance Company of Louisiana, Louisiana State Police, John Doe, and State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 21, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Fagan , Locke Meredith , Baton Rouge, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Barbara Dabney, et al.

Peter "Q" John , Baton Rouge, LA, Attorney for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Donna Bristol, et al.

Lana D. Crump , Bradley C. Myers , Katie D. Bell , Baton Rouge, LA, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, City of Gonzales.

Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Stacey A. Moak , Special Assistant Attorney General, Christopher W. Stidham , Breann Crane , Assistant Attorneys General Baton Rouge, LA, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Louisiana State Police.

BEFORE: HIGGINBOTHAM, HOLDRIDGE, AND PENZATO, JJ.

These consolidated matters arose out of a high-speed police pursuit that resulted in a fatal crash. The plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their personal injury claims following a seven-day jury trial that culminated in a jury verdict finding no liability on the part of the sole remaining defendant, the Louisiana State Police.<...

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