BOSWELL v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 5845.

345 So.2d 200 (1977)

Vergie M. BOSWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gravel, Roy & Burnes by T. Gerald Henderson, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald E. Puckett, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before HOOD, FORET and HEARD, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

Mrs. Vergie M. Boswell and her husband, Barton Boswell, instituted this suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Boswell when she fell on premises occupied by defendant, Louisiana Department of Public Welfare. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of defendant, and Mrs. Boswell appealed.

The determining issue presented, we think, is whether there was a foreign substance on the floor of defendant's office which...

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