Landry v. Torres

JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.

hThe defendant, Lena Torres, Clerk of Court for the Parish of St. Bernard, has appealed the trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff, Lawrence A. Landry, awarding plaintiff court costs and civil penalties for the defendant’s delay in producing records requested by plaintiff pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Act, La. R.S. 44:1 et seq.

The record reveals the following: On September 26, 2011, plaintiff delivered a letter to the defendant, which contained a request for public records. This request included two items: 1) the names of all employees employed by the…