SMITH v. CASINO NEW ORLEANS CASINO

No. 2012-CA-0292.

101 So.3d 507 (2012)

Barry SMITH v. The CASINO NEW ORLEANS CASINO d/b/a the Casino Operating Company, Inc. and the Casino New Orleans Casino d/b/a Jazz Casino Company, LLC, the Casino Operating Company, Inc. and Jazz Casino Company, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Hufft , Hufft & Hufft, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Drew R. Ballina , Heller Draper Hayden Patrick & Horn, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET).


ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

This is a tort suit arising out of the plaintiffs fall from a swivel chair at the defendants' casino. From a judgment granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing the suit, the plaintiff appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 4, 2010, the plaintiff, Barry Smith, was a patron at Harrah's casino on Poydras Street in New Orleans. While he was attempting...

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