RUDD v. ATLAS PROCESSING REFINERY

No. 26048-CA.

644 So.2d 402 (1994)

John M. RUDD, et ux, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ATLAS PROCESSING REFINERY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied December 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smitherman, Lunn, Chastain & Hill by W. James Hill, III, Donald Lee Brice, Jr. and Michael E. Powell, III, Shreveport, for appellant, Atlas Processing Co.

Patricia N. Miramon, Shreveport, for appellees, John and Willie Russ.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Timothy B. Burnham, Shreveport, for appellee, Federated Mut. Ins. Co.

Before MARVIN, C.J., NORRIS, J., and JONES, J. Pro Tem.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

In this action arising out of a slip and fall at the Atlas refinery in Shreveport, Atlas appeals a judgment awarding more than $370,000 in damages to Rudd and his wife. In six assignments, Atlas attacks the trial court's findings as to liability, comparative negligence, the excessiveness of the awards and the admissibility of photographs of the loading dock area where Rudd slipped on an accumulation of diesel fuel, dirt and water on the dock surface...

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