JENKINS v. SCHWEGMANN'S BROS.

No. CA-1121.

445 So.2d 1326 (1984)

Evelina JENKINS v. SCHWEGMANN'S BROTHERS GIANT SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madison C. Moseley, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.

Gerald J. Leydecker, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REDMANN, BARRY and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant appeals a trial court judgment awarding plaintiff $19,500.00 for injuries sustained in a fall at defendant's supermarket, alleging that the award is excessive.

On November 15, 1978, at about 8:30 A.M., plaintiff Evelina Jenkins reached above her to select some sausage to purchase, and slipped in a puddle of water leaking from an empty refrigerated meat case which defendant was having replaced. She fell backward and hit her head on...

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