Cutler v. State, Dept. of Public Safety & Corrections

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

| T Charles Cutler appeals the trial court’s judgment granting an Exception of Insufficiency of Service of Process and dismissing his personal injury suit against the State of Louisiana, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, following a vehicular accident. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

I

ISSUES

We must decide whether the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiffs petition without prejudice for insufficient service of process.

II

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Charles Cutler was a prisoner of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC)…