TEMPLET v. STATE

NO. 2022 CA 0226.

355 So.3d 51 (2022)

Troy TEMPLET v. STATE, THROUGH LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: November 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jeff Landry , A.G., James L. Hilburn , A.A.G., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jeannie C. Prudhomme , A.A.G., Lafayette, Louisiana, Wm. David Coffey , A.A.G., New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Louisiana State Penitentiary.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., GUIDRY, AND WOLFE, JJ.


In this case, we decide a narrow issue regarding whether the trial court erred in dismissing as abandoned Troy Templet's1 petition for damages allegedly sustained while Templet was incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. We reverse the trial court's judgment of abandonment and...

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