MORRIS v. PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC.

No. 99-1864.

761 So.2d 27 (2000)

Ceola and Richard MORRIS v. PLAYERS LAKE CHARLES, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Schmolke, Steven Lemoine, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff.

Michael J. Remondet, Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant.

Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, Jr., Chief Judge, SYLVIA R. COOKS, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


DOUCET, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiff, Ceola Morris, claims that, while a patron of Players Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana, she was injured by a falling piece of decorative woodwork or fretwork. The trial court dismissed her suit for damages finding that Morris failed to carry her burden of showing that her injury was caused by the Defendants. Morris appeals.

On October 1, 1994, Morris was a passenger on the M/V Players II, a river boat casino in Lake Charles...

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