HILLS v. SKATE COUNTRY EAST, INC.

No. CA 0080.

430 So.2d 1035 (1983)

Elaine HILLS v. SKATE COUNTRY EAST, INC., Pacific Indemnity Company, Federal Insurance Company, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, and the Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Companies.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Pierce, Harry E. Forst, Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Leonard A. Young, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants Skate Country East, Inc. and Empire Fire & Marine Ins.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and SCHOTT, AUGUSTINE, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, Skate Country East, Inc., the operator of a rollerskating rink, and its liability insurer, from a judgment, pursuant to a jury verdict, in favor of plaintiff for injuries she sustained in a fall while she was skating. The issue is whether the record supports the jury's determination on special interrogatories that Skate Country was negligent and that plaintiff did not assume the risk of her injury.

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