QUIRK v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF LA. ST. UNIV.

No. 93-CA-1244.

629 So.2d 1345 (1993)

Veronica QUIRK v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY and Agricultural and Mechanical College Operating as University of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Russo, Favret, Demarest, Russo & Lutkewitte, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Michael G. Bagneris, Waltzer & Bagneris, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before BYRNES, WARD and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

Appellee Veronica Quirk, a student at the University of New Orleans, was injured April 23, 1990, when she fell while attempting to sit in a theatre-style seat in the amphitheater of the Liberal Arts Building, where she was attending a lecture. As she attempted to sit down, the seat collapsed, causing her to fall backwards and strike her head and neck on the step. The appellee filed suit alleging that she sustained injuries to her head, neck, elbows...

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