Legal Opinion

Hedgcoth v. City of St. Martinville

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 4, 1997No. 96-1488Published

1Opinion of the Court

h DOUCET, Chief Judge.

Defendant, City of St. Martinville (the City), appeals a judgment by the district court, in favor of plaintiff, Officer Judy Hedgcoth, an employee of defendant’s police department, ordering the City to pay a percentage of certain expenses and a portion of her attorney’s fees in a tort suit filed by Officer Judy Hedgcoth against a fellow officer, Robert Savoy, and the City. Plaintiff answers the appeal seeking an increase in general damages awarded by the trial court. *237We reverse the judgment against the City for attorney’s fees and dismiss plaintiffs, Hedgeo.th’s, answer…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Moody v. ArabieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  2. Degruise v. Houma Courier Newspaper Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  3. Hebert v. JeffreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  4. Degruise v. Houma Courier Newspaper Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995

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