HAYNES v. NEW ORLEANS ARCHDIOCESAN CEM.

No. 98-CA-0439.

716 So.2d 499 (1998)

Valerie C. HAYNES and Trudy Cooper v. NEW ORLEANS ARCHDIOCESAN CEMETERIES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Buck, George C. Aucoin, Blue Williams, L.L.P., Metairie, for defendant/appellant.

Brian Cadwallader, The Cadwallader Firm, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellees.

Before BARRY, KLEES and McKAY, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Sheila St. Amant Kolwe appeals a default judgment for $85,429.00. Plaintiff Valerie Haynes answered the appeal to increase the damages. We hold that the evidence was insufficient to confirm the default. We vacate the judgment and remand.

Facts

On the afternoon of November 1, 1994, Valerie C. Haynes was allegedly injured in St. Roch Cemetery No. 2 when she tripped on an elevated concrete slab (apron) beneath a raised tomb. The...

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