MAY v. LAFAYETTE PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 84-1177.

487 So.2d 503 (1986)

Shirley MAY & Johnny May, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAFAYETTE PARISH POLICE JURY the CITY OF LAFAYETTE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1986.

Writ Denied June 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston N. Aucoin and Gilbert Wayne Aucoin, Ville Platte, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Voorhies & Labbe, Gregory Moroux, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ., and FONTENOT, J. Pro Tem.


YELVERTON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirley May, appeals a judgment denying her claim against the City of Lafayette for damages resulting from a fall on a public sidewalk. She fell when the heel of her shoe got caught in an expansion joint. The trial judge found that plaintiff failed to prove there was anything about the expansion joint that made the city liable under theories of either negligence or strict liability. We affirm.

The accident happened on August 10...

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