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MORGAN v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 2006 CA 0158.

960 So.2d 1013 (2007)

Lottie MORGAN v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE and Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kris A. Perret, Law Offices of Ossie Brown, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellee Lottie Morgan.

E. Wade Shows, Mary E. Roper, Gwendolyn K. Brown, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Before: CARTER, C.J., PARRO, GUIDRY, DOWNING and McCLENDON, JJ.

PARRO, J.

In this personal injury case, the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge (City/Parish) appeals a judgment ordering it to pay Lottie Morgan damages in the amount of $7,804.45, plus legal interest and court costs, for injuries she received when she fell at the edge of a sidewalk under the care and custody of the City/Parish. For the following reasons, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

On June 15, 2000, Ms. Morgan was getting out of the passenger...

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