Burgess v. City of Shreveport

McCLENDON, Judge Pro Tem.

Betty T. Burgess filed suit against the Caddo Parish Police Jury (Police Jury), their insurer, and the City of Shreveport (City), for damages resulting from injuries she sustained when she fell at a polling place while attempting to vote in a statewide election. Mrs. Burgess died as a result of these injuries and her daughter, Elizabeth Burgess Maffett, was substituted as party plaintiff.

The Police Jury filed a third party demand against the State of Louisiana through the Caddo Parish Board of Election Supervisors (State). The State was dismissed from the case on an…