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DIXON v. WINN-DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC.

No. 93-CA-1627.

638 So.2d 306 (1994)

Louvanne DIXON v. WINN-DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. "Doc" Booksh, Jr. and John B. Fox, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Elizabeth S. Cordes and Robert E. Peyton, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before LOBRANO, PLOTKIN and LANDRIEU, JJ.

PLOTKIN, Judge.

Defendant Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc. appeals a trial court judgment awarding plaintiff Louvanne Dixon $450,000 in damages for injuries he received as a result of a fall down a flight of stairs during a wrongful detention for suspected shoplifting. We amend the judgment to reduce the total award from $500,000 to $302,410.62, and reduce that award by 10 percent for the plaintiff's comparative negligence. In all other respects, we affirm the judgment...

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