GUILLOTTE v. HOUSTON GENERAL INS. CO.

No. 63035.

368 So.2d 1026 (1979)

Mrs. Emetilde GUILLOTTE v. HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Mount, Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Hackett & Mount, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-applicant.

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Plauche, Smith, Hebert & Nieset, Lake Charles, for defendants-respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.*

The issue presented for our review is whether the court of appeal correctly determined that the jury in this case drew an unreasonable inference of fact when it found that the plaintiff did not appreciate the danger involved in stepping over a string of Christmas lights stretched across a public sidewalk.

On the morning of the accident in the instant case, the plaintiff, Emetilde Guillotte, a seventy-eight year...

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