Legal Opinion
Jones v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 24, 1993No. 24441-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LINDSAY, Judge.
The defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals as excessive a trial court judgment awarding damages of $25,000 to the plain*1272tiff, Claudette Jones, for false imprisonment. For the reasons assigned below, we amend the judgment, reducing the award to $10,000, and, as amended, we affirm the trial court judgment.
FACTS
On March 22, 1990, the plaintiff and her three-year-old daughter went shopping at the Wal-Mart store in Mansfield, Louisiana. They were accompanied by the plaintiffs older sister and her daughter. The plaintiff, who was wearing a pair of black patent leather shoes that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Carroll v. St. Paul Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1989
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- Elrod v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1999