Legal Opinion
Seaman v. Howard
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 2002No. 02-855PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WOODARD, Judge.
Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), the State of Louisiana appeals the trial court’s allocation of fault to DPSC for Mr. Larry Jean-sonne’s escape from the Vernon Parish Correctional Facility and Mr. James A. Seaman’s subsequent exposure to HIV. We reverse.
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In August of 1993, Mr. Jeansonne was convicted of cocaine possession and sentenced to two years at hard labor. After sentencing, DPSC returned him to the East Baton Rouge Parish Correctional Facility. On January 13, 1994, it transferred him to the Vernon Parish Correctional Facility.
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- Cangelosi v. OUR LADY OF LAKE REG. MED. CTR.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- Harper v. STATE, DPSCSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Seaman v. HowardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
- Granger v. GuilloryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
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