Landry v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office

KNOLL, J.,

additionally concurring with reasons.

|,The lower courts erred in finding no genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriffs Office fulfilled its duty owed to George Turner, a 40-year-old inmate who became ill while incarcerated in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, allegedly as a result of his family members being denied the ability to provide him with his prescription medication, and who died shortly thereafter. For the following reasons, I find the lower courts erred as a matter of law in finding the Sheriffs Office’s assertion its…