CASTILLE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 98-CA-1216.

731 So.2d 904 (1999)

Jerlean CASTILLE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick R. Campbell, Geoffrey J. Orr, Marty D. Parlipiano, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

Derrick D.T. Shepherd, Marrero, Louisiana, Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges H. CHARLES GAUDIN, SOL GOTHARD, and MARION F. EDWARDS.


GOTHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jerlean Castille, filed suit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-mart) for injuries sustained when her arm became entangled in an exit door. After a trial on the merits, the court rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff in the total amount of $28,456.90. Wal-Mart appeals. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

At trial, Ms. Castille testified that in July, 1996 she was shopping at the Wal-Mart store in Harvey, Louisiana with relatives...

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