ALEXANDER v. HANCOCK BANK

NO. 2016-CA-0662.

212 So.3d 713 (2017)

Sybil ALEXANDER, v. HANCOCK BANK d/b/a Whitney Bank, Chubb Insurance Company, A-1 Service and United Fire Group.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Ray T. Malbrough , R. Ray Orrill, Jr. , William Christopher Beary , Alexandre L.M. Ducros , ORRILL CORDELL & BEARY, L.L.C., 330 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-3144, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

Alexander Richard Saunders , PELLETERI & WIEDORN, L.L.C., 636 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, Evan J. Bergeron , DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN & STILES, L.L.P., 755 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, James Walter Hailey, III , LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP, 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2000, New Orleans, LA 70130, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES.

(Court composed of Judge Terri F. Love, Judge Rosemary Ledet, Judge Regina Bartholomew Woods).


Judge Regina Bartholomew Woods

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This is a personal injury suit arising out of a trip and fall on a mat in the lobby of a bank. On May 17, 2013, Plaintiff, Sybil Alexander ("Ms. Alexander"), made a routine visit to the Whitney Bank located at 228 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon exiting the lobby of the bank, Ms. Alexander alleges that she tripped and fell over a "wave" or "lip" in the rubber...

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