CEASAR v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 00-1181.

787 So.2d 582 (2001)

Rita CEASAR v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kathy F. Meyers, Ville Platte, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Rita Ceasar.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, JIMMIE C. PETERS and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Defendant/appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals the judgment of the trial court in favor of the plaintiff/appellee, Ms. Rita Ceasar. Ms. Ceasar slipped and fell on a liquid substance on the floor at a Wal-Mart store in Eunice, Louisiana. The trial judge found that Wal-Mart owed a duty to keep the aisles clean of foreign substances on its floor and that Wal Mart failed to use reasonable care in keeping...

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