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SIMS v. WACKENHUT HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. 97 CW 1147.

708 So.2d 1140 (1998)

James SIMS v. WACKENHUT HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, State of Louisiana Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Carrol Guinn, M.D., and E. Michael Hageman.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Dalrymple and Eugene A. Ledet, Jr., Alexandria, for Plaintiff/Relator James Sims.

Michael T. LaPlace, Baton Rouge, LA.

Andre' Charles Castaing, Baton Rouge, for Defendant/Respondent State of Louisiana Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Hunter W. Lundy and Samuel B. Gabb, Lake Charles, for Defendant/Respondent Wachenhut Corrections Corporation.

Before CARTER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and REMY CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.

FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

This action involves a suit for damages by James Sims, a former prisoner. He asserts that he was denied proper medical treatment while incarcerated at a prison facility operated by the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation. When the suit was filed, relator was in custody. Subsequently he was granted parole, and he was released from custody. In the writ application before the court, relator seeks review of an order issued by a commissioner at the 19th...

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