MATTHEWS v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPERMARKETS INC.

No. 90-C-0210.

559 So.2d 488 (1990)

Mable Lee MATTHEWS v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPERMARKETS INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1990.


PER CURIAM.

The application is granted.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the party which prevailed in the trial court, established that the cans fell from the shelf in the supermarket without being touched by plaintiff and without any other customers in the area. This circumstantial evidence therefore established that the condition of the shelf presented an unreasonable risk of harm which caused plaintiff's injury. Defendant therefore had...

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