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GIBSON v. WINN DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC.

No. 82-483.

426 So.2d 731 (1983)

James GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WINN DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brinkhaus, Dauzat & Falgoust, Jerry Falgoust, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Kenneth Pitre, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute over a slipfall injury and the amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff-appellee by the jury.

Plaintiff filed a suit against Winn Dixie Louisiana, Inc., for damages in the sum of $175,000.00 for injuries he sustained on January 11, 1981, after he slipped and fell in the defendant's store in Eunice. The defendant denied any liability contending that plaintiff's own negligence was the proximate cause of the accident...

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