Cotton v. City of Shreveport

IrMARVIN, Chief Judge.

Harold Cotton, a former inmate and trustee in the Shreveport city jail, appeals a judgment dismissing his tort action against the city for mental anguish damages arising out of Cotton assisting jailers in handling the body of an inmate infected with hepatitis who had hanged himself in' his cell. Cotton did not contract the disease but bases his action on his fear, for several months after the incident, that he was exposed to contracting hepatitis.

Cotton alleged that the jailers had “instructed” and “forced” Cotton and another trustee to assist them in handling the body…