Todd Huval and Chad Boyer v. State of Louisiana Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, Master Trooper Hal Hutchinson, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, Lieutenant Rhett Trahan, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, Investigator Buzzy Trahan, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, Lieutenant Kevin Devall, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, Investigator Bart Morris, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, Investigator Hampton Guillory, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police, and Lt. Colonel Stanley Griffin, Individually, and in His Official Capacity as an Employee of the Office of State Police
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Genovese
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
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The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed lower court decisions overruling the defendant's exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction, allowing the district court to hear tort claims (defamation, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress) stemming from the plaintiffs' terminations by the State Police, even though the State Police Commission had exclusive jurisdiction over the termination itself.
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