Legal Opinion
Legaux v. Orleans Levee Board
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 17, 2000No. 99-CA-2453PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JjBYRNES, Judge.
Plaintiff, Lance J. Legaux, appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his suit against the Orleans Levee Board (“Levee Board”) in his claim of police brutality.
Plaintiff filed suit in January 1995 against the Levee Board, claiming that on July 17, 1994 “John Doe” Green tracked plaintiff down and arrested him, and while waiting for the Levee Board police officers to arrive at the scene, forced him to remain atop a red ant hill where he sustained multiple insect bites.
The case came to trial on September 25,
1996. The plaintiff requested a continuance based on incomplete discovery.…
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