Hampton v. State ex rel. Department of Corrections

SHORTESS, Judge.

This suit for damages was brought by Eugene Hampton (plaintiff), an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, against the State of Louisiana and the Department of Corrections (defendant). The facts showed that plaintiff was asleep alone in his cell around 12:15 a.m. when Bertrand Brown (a fellow inmate on his cellblock) threw acid or some other foreign substance into plaintiff’s cell and on his face, neck and upper torso. The matter has been before us on two previous occasions.

Originally, after a trial on the merits, plaintiff’s suit was dismissed and he appealed.…