LEVINE v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 749.

149 So.2d 433 (1963)

Mrs. Jeanette Silverman LEVINE et al., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, by William R. Tete, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This damage suit arises out of plaintiff's alleged slip and fall in the hallway of defendant's insured, St. Patrick's Hospital, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. A jury trial in the lower court resulted in judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant appealed.

The general principles of law applicable in these slip and fall cases are well established in our jurisprudence. It is fundamental that the owner of a business establishment is not the insurer...

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