RUFFO v. SCHWEGMANN BROS., ETC.

No. 5-254.

424 So.2d 470 (1982)

Carmelite RUFFO v. SCHWEGMANN BROTHERS GIANT SUPERMARKETS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gleason, III, Mandeville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stephen M. Pizzo, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before BOWES, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

This case comes to us on appeal from the 24th Judicial District Court judgment awarding plaintiff $2,658.00, plus legal interest, for injuries sustained in a fall in defendant's parking lot.

On May 19, 1979, plaintiff and her husband drove into the parking lot of Schwegmann Brothers Supermarket on Veterans Highway. They parked their car, and plaintiff got out, walking toward the rear end to a "driving" lane of the lot. Plaintiff had gone a step...

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