Lawsuit over elderly couple’s deaths in high-speed chase returns to Caddo County
By: Karen Kidd, louisianarecord.com
SHREVEPORT — The lawsuit filed by the surviving children of an elderly couple who died following a high-speed chase in Shreveport is on its way back to a Caddo Parish court following a recent state appeals court ruling.
A Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal three-judge panel reversed a portion of a lower court judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator and Deputy Earlton Parker and remanded the case. In its 12-page judgment, the appeals court judges found the trial court was wrong to grant the summary judgment because issues of material fact exist about whether Parker was negligent and Prator was vicariously liable.
The appeals court’s judgment was handed down in the appeal by plaintiffs of Caddo Parish First Judicial District Court Judge Ramon Lafitte’s decision to deny their cross-motion for partial summary judgment, as well as summary judgment in favor of the sheriff and deputy.
