56607 Precedential Processed

Craft v. State

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed September 25, 1975 · 319 So. 2d 441

Also decided on this docket: La., September 25, 1975 319 So. 2d 441

Cited by

Watts v. Phelps 377 So. 2d 1317 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1979
State ex rel. Jones v. Walls 356 So. 2d 75 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1977

Authorities cited

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Parker v. State 282 So. 2d 483

Opinion text

319 So.2d 441 (1975) Marion Paul Craft, widow of Elluis CRAFT v. STATE of Louisiana et at. No. 56607. Supreme Court of Louisiana. September 25, 1975. Writ denied. There is no error of law in the judgment complained of. TATE, J., dissents. If the State is not willing to provide reasonable and adequate personal security for inmates held in Angola, the State should pay the family of inmates for damages they sustain as a result of this fault. See dissent in Parker v. State, 282 So.2d 483, 488 (La.1973). Under the circumstances, the State has not come forward with an explanation repelling the inference of fault arising from the murder of one inmate in the State's custody who was helpless to protect himself. DIXON, J., is of the opinion the court of appeal is in error and the writ should be granted. CALOGERO, J., is of the opinion this writ should be granted.