Legal Opinion
Williams v. State ex rel. Department of Social Services
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 3, 2002No. 35,928-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
h GASKINS, Judge.
Following the drowning death of her minor daughter, Teresa Cooper Williams filed a wrongful death action and survival action against 'the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services (“DSS”), two of its employees and a DSS-approved foster guardian. The defendants filed an exception of improper venue objecting to the filing of the suit in Caddo Parish. The trial court overruled the exception. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
FACTS
According to the allegations in the plaintiffs’ petition, 14-year-old Jessie Lee Cooper was left unsupervised at the…
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