DOUCET v. CITY OF EUNICE

No. 92-584.

620 So.2d 519 (1993)

Iris DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF EUNICE, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Damon Moroux, Lafayette, for Iris Doucet.

Kenny Layne Oliver, Lafayette, for City of Eunice, et al.

Nelson William Wagar III, Metairie, for Carroll Co., etc.

Before DOUCET, LABORDE, YELVERTON, COOKS and DECUIR, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment awarding damages for a slip and fall under a strict liability theory upon a finding that the foyer floor of the Eunice Municipal Complex was unreasonably dangerous in rainy weather.

May 3, 1989 was a misty, drizzly day. Iris Doucet, a 73 year old retired person, went to the Eunice Municipal Complex to pay her gas bill. The Eunice Municipal Complex is entered through one of three doors into a terrazzo...

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