1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 671 So.2d
  5. 671 So.2d 1238 (1996)
 

VARNELL v. LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

No. 28,266-CA.

671 So.2d 1238 (1996)

Margie Faye VARNELL, et vir, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Gary J. Beauchamp, Assistant Attorney General, R. Wayne Smith, Robert W. Levy, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for Appellants.

Paul B. Wilkins, Columbia, for Appellees, Margie Faye Varnell and Marvin Ray Varnell.

Don C. Burns, Columbia, for Appellee, Pamela Varnell.

Before NORRIS, WILLIAMS and GASKINS, JJ.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The defendants, Louisiana Tech University and the Board of Trustees for State Colleges, appeal a trial court judgment finding them liable for injuries sustained by the plaintiffs, Margie Faye and Marvin Varnell, when Margie Varnell slipped and fell in her daughter's dormitory room. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

Pamela Varnell ("Pamela") is the daughter of plaintiff, Margie Faye Varnell. Pamela and her roommate, Hyun...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases