Legal Opinion

Dickens v. Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 14, 2011No. 2011 CA 0176PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPettigrew, J.

| ¿This is an appeal from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court’s judgment sustaining defendant’s exception raising the objection of lack of subject matter jurisdiction and dismissing, with prejudice, plaintiffs claim. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, Maxine Hughes Dickens, an inmate at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel, Louisiana (“LCIW”), filed a petition seeking damages for personal injuries she allegedly sustained on June 4, 2008, when she slipped and fell while serving handicapped trays in the kitchen of LCIW. In…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. Rochon v. YoungLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
  3. Edwards v. BunchLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
  4. Crockett v. STATE THROUGH DEPT. PUB. SAFETY AND CORR.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. Willows v. State, Department of Health & HospitalsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  5. Harper v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & CorrectionsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015

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