Thibodeaux v. Bordelon

ALLEN M. BABINEAUX, Judge Pro Tem.

In this lawsuit the plaintiff seeks damages from the defendants for injuries he allegedly sustained while a prisoner in the Ville Platte City Jail. The defendants are the Ville Platte Chief of Police and a dispatcher with the police department. The plaintiff alleges these defendants are liable to him for injuries he sustained when another prisoner started a fire within the jail. The defendants filed an exception of prescription which the trial court sustained, dismissing the plaintiffs lawsuit. No written reasons were issued. We affirm.

The plaintiff suffered…