SEREAN v. SCHWEGMANN BROS. GIANT SUPER MKTS.

No. 12210.

405 So.2d 553 (1981)

Virginia SEREAN et al. v. SCHWEGMANN BROTHERS GIANT SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Torres & Bischof, George N. Bischof, Jr., Chalmette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Beard, Blue, Schmitt, Mathes, Koch & Williams, George R. Blue, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and KLEES, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

A self-service supermarket appeals from a $1,092 judgment for this 58-year-old plaintiff's damages from a slip and fall in defendant's produce department. The question is whether defendant's frequent inspections, including one in the area 12 to 15 minutes before plaintiff's accident, discharged defendant's duties towards plaintiff and therefore require reversal. We answer no and therefore affirm.

There is, the trial judge noted, no significant...

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