Dennis v. Wiley
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtCarter, C.J.
|2This case involves a res nova issue in Louisiana: whether the victim of a crime is entitled to an award of damages for the *192negligent infliction of emotional distress due to the wrongful disposal of evidence collected during an ongoing criminal investigation. The trial court awarded the plaintiff $50,000.00 for the emotional distress and mental anguish she suffered as a result of the defendant’s breach of duty to preserve the criminal evidence. For the following reasons, we reverse.
FACTS
It is undisputed that twenty years ago, on January 31, 1989, the plaintiff, Lisa Dennis, was raped at…
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