KINCHEN v. K-MART CORP.

No. CA 90 1002.

589 So.2d 28 (1991)

Judy KINCHEN and Leroy Kinchen v. K-MART CORPORATION d/b/a K-Mart Discount Store, Continental Insurance Company and Joseph Tubbs.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve M. Marks, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees Judy Kinchen and Leroy Kinchen.

David Kelly, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant K-Mart Corp.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

The sole issue in this slip and fall case is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant a continuance.

While shopping on November 4, 1985, plaintiff, Judy Kinchen, was injured in a fall on the premises of a K-Mart store located in Baton Rouge. A necklace, comprised of round, plastic beads covered with a metallic gold paint or lacquer, was the only foreign object or substance found on the floor in the vicinity. Thus, a crucial...

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