Legal Opinion
Hite v. Larpenter
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 23, 2005No. 2004 CA 1821PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDowning, J.
| aThis matter involves the constitutionality and interpretation of La. R.S. 15:708, which authorizes parish sheriffs to allow prisoners to voluntarily perform manual labor in public buildings. Here, a prisoner in custody of the Sheriff of Terrebonne Parish (Sheriff), defendant/appellee, allegedly left excess water on the floor of the Houma Police Station as a result of mopping the floor. Plaintiff/appellant, Alicia *142Hite,1 a dispatcher for the Houma Police Department, asserts that she slipped as a result of the prisoner’s failure to post cones or other warnings of the slippery floor. Upon…
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