VERGIN v. McDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF LA.

No. 97 CA 2471.

722 So.2d 78 (1998)

Winifred VERGIN v. McDONALD'S RESTAURANTS OF LOUISIANA, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied January 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark Richard, Gretna, for Plaintiff-Appellant Winifred Vergin.

Esmond Phelps, II, James R. Swanson, New Orleans, Defendants-Appellees Byron and Virginia S. Bennett.1

Before LeBLANC, FOGG and PARRO, JJ.


PARRO, Judge.

Winifred Vergin, the plaintiff in this slip and fall case, appeals the trial court's judgment granting the defendants' motion for a directed verdict and dismissing her case. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The defendants, Byron and Virginia S. Bennett, are the owners and franchisees of a McDonald's restaurant in Houma, Louisiana. On February 7, 1992, shortly before closing time, Ms. Vergin went into the restaurant and ordered a filet...

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