BELL v. TREASURE CHEST CASINO, L.L.C.

No. 2006-CC-1538.

950 So.2d 654 (2007)

Linda Duncan BELL v. TREASURE CHEST CASINO, L.L.C. and Juanita Morgan.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 22, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Chouest & Associates, APLC, Stephen Michael Chouest, Metairie, Donald L. Rose, III, for Applicant.

Murphy, Rogers, Sloss & Gambel, Robert Hugh Murphy, Peter Brooks Sloss, New Orleans, Mark Thomas Mahfouz, for Respondent.

Stephen Jay Herman, for Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted this writ application to determine whether the court of appeal erred in reversing the judgment of the trial court. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the ruling of the court of appeal and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS and PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 14, 2004, the plaintiff, Linda Duncan Bell (Bell), was allegedly struck in the back by a pushcart and injured while playing a slot machine at the Treasure...

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