Legal Opinion
Earl v. Gusman
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 27, 2017No. 2017-CA-0363PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Judge'Daniel L. Dysart
| ¶Austin Earl appeals a judgment dismissing his suit against Marlin Gusman, Civil Sheriff of Orleans Parish, with prejudice. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Austin Earl was an inmate at the Orleans Parish Prison on Monday, August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans. He was in jail on domestic violence charges. At the time of trial, he could not recall the length of his sentence or how long he had been in prison at the time of the hurricane.' Earl claims that as a result of negligence on the part of Sheriff…
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