CARPENTER v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

No. 20233-CA.

537 So.2d 1283 (1989)

Eva Murrell CARPENTER, Appellant-Appellee, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Jasper Haddad d/b/a Haddad Maytag Home Appliance Center, Appellees-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh by Ronald L. Davis, Jr., Dennis Hennen, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by Robert M. Baldwin, Monroe, for defendants-appellees-appellants.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this action for damages that arose when a customer fell while exiting an appliance store, both litigants appeal the judgment which assessed plaintiff's fault at 85 percent and thereby reduced the $250,000 in damages determined by the trial court.

Plaintiff contends that she should be allocated no fault or little fault because the "stepdown" exit where she fell constituted a "trap" through which she had to pass to reach the store's parking...

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