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OTT v. J. C. PENNEY CO.

No. 13564.

360 So.2d 524 (1978)

Robert J. OTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen H. Smith, Shreveport, for plaintiff appellant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Walter O. Hunter, Jr., and A. J. Gregory, Jr., Shreveport, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOLIN, HALL and JONES, JJ.

JONES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment denying him damages resulting from his shoe being caught in an escalator in the J. C. Penney store at Southpark Mall in Shreveport. We reverse and award plaintiff damages for the value of his shoes.

On June 16, 1977, while shopping in the Penney store, plaintiff was departing the descending escalator at the bottom step, and as he attempted to take his last step from the escalator, the heel of his right shoe was caught...

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