ALVAREZ v. SOUTHEAST COMMERCIAL CLEANING

No. 13-CA-657.

136 So.3d 329 (2014)

Irma ALVAREZ v. SOUTHEAST COMMERCIAL CLEANING, LLC d/b/a South Florida Cleaning Systems, Louisiana-I Gaming, A Louisiana Partnership in Commendam, Boomtown, L.L.C. of Delaware, Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. of Delaware, Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc. and Tudor Insurance.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan A. Orihuela , Attorney at Law, Kenner, Louisiana, for Plaintiff/Appellant, (Irma Alvarez).

Ethan N. Penn , Amanda H. Aucoin , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, (Southeast Commercial Cleaning, LLC and Tudor Insurance Company).

Robert H. Murphy , Jeffrey A. Raines , Attorneys at Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, (Louisiana-I Gaming, A Louisiana Partnership in Commendam, Boomtown, LLC of Delaware, and Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. of Delaware).

Panel composed of Judges SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and STEPHEN J. WINDHORST.


JUDE G. GRAVOIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Irma Alvarez, has appealed the trial court's grant of defendants' exceptions of prescription in her slip-and-fall tort suit. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 31, 2012, plaintiff filed a petition for damages which alleged that on January 31, 2011, she slipped and fell at the Boomtown Casino ("Boomtown") located in Harvey, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, "as a result...

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