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Norvel LASSERE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael TREGRE, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff; Steven Dailey, Jose Rel, Cleven Remondet, Michelle Pierson, Defendants-Appellants.
    No. 15-30319
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Date Filed: 06/13/2016
    Richard Lee Root, Esq., Barnes & Root, L.L.C., Gretna, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Craig Edmond Frosch, Esq., Usry, Weeks & Matthews, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff-Appellee Norvel Lassere sued several St. John the. Baptist Parish law enforcement personnel (collectively, “Defendants”) after an incident that resulted in one Defendant fatally shooting Plaintiffs mother, Barbara Lassere (“Lassere”). After a trial, a jury found that both Defendants and Lassere acted negligently under Louisiana law and apportioned 50% of the fault to Defendants and 50% of the fault to Lassere. Defendants appeal the denial of their motion for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, a new trial. Having carefully reviewed the parties’ arguments, the record, and the pertinent case law, we find no reversible error.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.