Lartigue v. McElveen

WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tern.

This is a personal injury case. Plaintiff, August Lartigue, Jr., injured his finger on a log splitting machine. He was an inmate at the Calcasieu Parish Rehabilitation Center and was performing assigned duties at the time of the incident. Plaintiff named as defendants the Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish, Wayne F. McElveen, “Several Unknown Deputies And/Or Employees Of The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Department,” and the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.

The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiff against Wayne McElveen and the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Department…