KLEMETSEN v. H & R BLOCK, INC.

No. 90-CA-256.

569 So.2d 559 (1990)

Anita KLEMETSEN v. H & R BLOCK, INC. and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

October 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Gothard, F.M. Stoller, McCloskey, Langenstein & Stoller, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee Anita Klemetsen.

Frederick R. Campbell, Lisa Miley Geary, Charles T. Weigel, Jr., McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, A Professional Law Corp., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant H & R Block, Inc.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Judge.

Plaintiff, Anita Klemetsen, sued defendant, H & R Block, Inc., in strict liability and negligence for personal injuries sustained when she fell at an office leased and furnished by defendant, following a class on income tax preparation taught by employees of defendant. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's strict liability claim via a directed verdict and the question of negligence went to the jury. The jury found defendant 60% at fault, plaintiff...

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