TIMOTHY BERNARD, SR., ET AL. VERSUS LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL.

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NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 16-362 consolidated with 16-361 TIMOTHY BERNARD, SR., ET AL. VERSUS LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL. ********** APPEAL FROM THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. C-20150951 HONORABLE DAVID MICHAEL SMITH, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX CHIEF JUDGE ********** Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Jimmie C. Peters, and Billy Howard Ezell, Judges. AFFIRMED. Charles A. Mouton Mahtook & Lafleur, LLC P. O. Box 3089 Lafayette, LA 70502 Telephone: (337) 266-2189 COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee - J. Alfred Mouton Realty F. Douglas Wimberly Staci Knox Villemarette Cloyd, Wimberly & Villemarette, LLC P. O. Box 53951 Lafayette, LA 70505-3951 Telephone: (337) 289-6906 COUNSEL FOR: Defendants/Appellees - Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, Lafayette Utilities System, and Lafayette City Police Department Jeff Landry Attorney General Laura L. Putnam Assistant Attorney General 556 Jefferson Street – 4th Floor Lafayette, LA 70501 Telephone: (337) 262-1700 COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee - State of Louisiana, Department of Health and Hospitals Thomas R. Temple, Jr. Joseph J. Cefalu, III Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP P. O. Box 3197 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3197 Telephone: (225) 387-4000 COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellee - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Timothy Bernard, Sr. In Proper Person 1224 Carmel Drive Lafayette, LA 70501 Telephone: (337) 781-0469 Plaintiff/Appellant - Timothy Bernard, Sr. Bionca Joseph In Proper Person 220 Ena Street Lafayette, LA 70501 Telephone: (337) 524-4449 Plaintiff/Appellee - Bionca Joseph THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge. For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of Timothy Bernard, Sr., et al. v. Lafayette City Police Department, et al. 16-361 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/16), ___ So.3d ___, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Costs of this appeal are assessed to the plaintiff, Timothy Bernard, Sr. AFFIRMED. THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION. RULE 2-16.3, UNIFORM RULES—COURTS OF APPEAL.

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