NORTON v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 97-1060.

707 So.2d 489 (1998)

Katherine L. NORTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis D. Bufkin, Lake Charles, Melvin G. Ripp, Jr., Gretna, for Katherine L. Norton.

John Goulding Swift, Lafayette, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al.

Before THIBODEAUX, GREMILLION and PICKETT, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Katherine Norton filed suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its insurer, National Union Fire Insurance Company, to recover damages sustained from her slip-and-fall accident while on the premises of the Wal-Mart store in Lake Charles. After a bench trial, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Ms. Norton, in the sum of $50,000.00. The defendants appeal the judgment of the trial court.

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