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HARTFORD v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 99 CA 0753.

765 So.2d 1081 (2000)

David Lee HARTFORD and Dale Marie Broussard Hartford v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., d/b/a Wal-Mart Store Number 311.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied September 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Landry, Jr., Morgan City, LA, Attorney for Plaintiffs/Appellees, David Lee Hartford and Dale Marie Broussard Hartford.

Philip A. Fontenot, Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott & Swift, Lafayette, LA, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Before: DOUCET, C.J., THIBODEAUX and PICKETT, JJ.

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Dale Hartford slipped in rainwater and fell in the Wal-Mart store in Franklin, Louisiana. She sustained injuries to her right knee and lower back. After a bench trial on the merits, the trial court apportioned fault for the accident between Wal-Mart, eighty-five percent, and Mrs. Hartford, fifteen percent. Mrs. Hartford was awarded $25,000.00 in general damages, $9,467.61 in medical expenses, and $580.00 in special damages for household and yard...

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