Hutchinson v. Woolworth

LANDRY, Judge.

Defendants F. W. Woolworth and The Travelers Insurance Company, Woolworth’s liability insurer, appeal from judgment awarding plaintiffs Mattie Hutchinson and Thomas Hutchinson, husband and wife, damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Hutchinson in a fall in Woolworth’s Hammond, Louisiana store. We affirm.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges the fall occurred on or about December 11, 1973, when Mrs. Hutchinson slipped on the floor of the Woolworth store made slippery by the use of a dangerous substance thereon. Defendants answered, denying any negligence on the part of Woolworth…