TEMPLET v. STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

2019 CA 0037.

290 So.3d 187 (2019)

Troy TEMPLET, v. STATE of Louisiana THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS; Louisiana State Penitentiary; and Sergeant Jessie Lofton.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Decision Rendered: November 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna U. Grodner , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellant Troy Templet.

Jeff Landry , Attorney General and Christopher N. Walters , Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., McDONALD, and CRAIN, JJ.


A former inmate filed a tort suit against the State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), for injuries he sustained while in prison. DPSC filed a peremptory exception claiming the former inmate's claims were prescribed. The district court granted the exception and dismissed the suit. The former inmate appeals...

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