GORTON v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 35,432-CA.

814 So.2d 95 (2002)

Linda M. GORTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OUACHITA PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deal & Cook, Philip T. Deal, for Appellant Linda Gorton.

Neal G. Johnson, for Appellant Richard Fewell, Sr.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, Joseph D. Cascio, Jr., Charlen Trascher Campbell, for Appellee Ouachita Parish Police Jury and Coregis Ins. Co.

Before CARAWAY, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.


DREW, Judge.

The Ouachita Parish Sheriff appealed a judgment awarding a deputy, Linda Gorton, damages for injuries sustained when she fell on a wet floor in the hall outside her office. The sheriff asserted that the trial court erred (1) in finding no liability on the part of the other defendants, the Ouachita Parish Police Jury (OPPJ) and its insurer, (2) in concluding that the condition of the floor created an unreasonable...

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