SIMONEAUX v. HUMEDICENTERS, INC.

No. 93-CA-2044.

642 So.2d 318 (1994)

Leroy SIMONEAUX, Elvira Simoneaux, v. HUMEDICENTERS, INC. d/b/a Humana-New Orleans Healthcare Indemnity, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Sherman, Travis J. Causey, Jr., New Orleans, for Leroy Simoneaux and Elvira Simoneaux.

Robert D. Ford, Thomas, Hayes, Beahm and Buckley, New Orleans, for Humedicenters, Inc. d/b/a Humana Hospital-New Orleans and Health Care Indemnity, Inc.

Before CIACCIO, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

Leroy and Elvira Simoneaux sued Humana Hospital for damages he sustained in a slip and fall at the Hospital. Humana denied liability and pled Simoneaux's contributory and comparative negligence as a defense. The jury found Humana liable and awarded Leroy Simoneaux $387,000 in damages, which was later reduced by the trial court to conform with the evidence.1

Humana has appealed and now argues the jury erred by finding...

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