BONNETTE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 88-110.

542 So.2d 827 (1989)

Melinda BONNETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Riddle III, Marksville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bolen & Erwin, Gregory S. Erwin, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and KING, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a decision by the trial court dismissing, with prejudice and at her cost, her suit for damages allegedly sustained when she slipped and fell in defendant's store. We reverse.

The facts in this case are not in serious dispute. Plaintiff, Melinda Bonnette, and her father, Carlton Lachney, entered the Wal-Mart store in Bunkie, Louisiana, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Monday, June 16, 1986, to shop. As plaintiff, who was preceded...

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