McCONNELL v. SCHWEGMANN BROS. GIANT SUPERMARKETS, INC.

No. 92-CA-170.

600 So.2d 778 (1992)

Lena McCONNELL v. SCHWEGMANN BROS. GIANT SUPERMARKETS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Bains, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Bruce A. Cranner, Blue, Williams & Buckley, Metairie, for defendant/appellant.

Before KLIEBERT, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


GOTHARD, Judge.

The defendant, Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets, appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Lena McConnell, who was injured while shopping in the Schwegmann market on Veterans Boulevard. The only issue is whether the award for general damages was excessive.

On December 31, 1989, Mrs. McConnell, then age seventy-three, was knocked down by a flat truck loaded with cases of soft drinks, which was being moved by market employees. The buggy she...

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