ZENO v. GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA CO.

No. 86-4127. Summary Calendar.

803 F.2d 178 (1986)

Bertha Jolivette ZENO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, d/b/a A & P Food Stores, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sera H. Russell, III, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant.

Glenn J. Armentor, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, a grocery store company, appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a "slip and fall" case that came to the district court on removal from Louisiana state court. The issues are: (1) whether the jury's finding of liability was clearly erroneous and unsupported by the evidence; and (2) whether the jury's damages figure, $95,000.00, was so clearly erroneous as to "shock the conscience of the court."

We find that the record...

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