Conner v. American Druggists Insurance Co.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Sharon Conner, widow of Roy Conner, sued James R. Savoie, Sheriff of Cameron Parish, and his insurer, Southern American Insurance Company (erroneously named in the caption), for damages for the death of her husband, alleging that a cause in fact of his death was the failure of certain deputy sheriffs to carry out their duty of rescue. The petition alleged that on the night of January 13, 1984, Sharon and her intoxicated husband were at home when he took a bottle of pills; that she called the sheriff’s office for help; that two deputies came but refused to take Roy to the…