Legal Opinion

Mercer v. Lowe

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 5, 2017No. 51,333-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLolley, J.

| ] This appeal arises from the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier, State of Louisiana, which granted summary judgment in favor of the Bossier Parish Sherriffs Office and Detective Debra McKay, finding that discretionary immunity provided by La. R.S. 9:2798.1 applied under these circumstances. The State of Louisiana through the Department of Children and Family Services now appeals that judgment. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

This matter stems from the tragic death of five-year-old Anna Celeste Lowe, born June 13, 2005, to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Ambrose v. New Orleans Police Amb. Serv.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
  3. Fowler v. RobertsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  4. Simeon v. DoeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  5. The Bank of New York Mellon v. Whitney Blaine Smith, Et Ux.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2015

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