Lacombe v. Todd

KLIEBERT, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Sharon Ann La-combe, amended her original suit for damages against Deputy Sheriff Roy Todd, the Parish of Jefferson, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Harry Lee, to include as a named defendant the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office. The present coroner, Dr. Robert Treuting, responded with an exception of no cause of action. The exception was grounded in the contention the coroner personally, and his office, were immune from liability for the cause of action alleged in the petition because the acts complained of were performed as a…