Davis v. Caraway

ROBERTA. CHAISSON, Judge.

12This is an appeal by Christy Davis from a judgment dismissing without prejudice her suit against Steve Caraway, Chief of Police for the City of Kenner, for plaintiffs failure to request service of process within 90 days of filing suit. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On June 26, 2010, Christy Davis’s son was fatally shot at a location several blocks away from a block party for which Chief Caraway’s office had issued a permit. Ms. Davis filed this suit on June 27, 2011, on her own behalf and as tutrix of the deceased…