Legal Opinion
Duckett v. Kmart Corp.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 17, 1994No. 94-C-0579PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
|1FELICIA TONEY WILLIAMS, Justice Pro Tem.*
This ease arises from a slip and fall accident which occurred at a K-Mart on April 20, 1989. The burdens of proof on plaintiff and defendant are therefore governed by the 1988 version of LSA-R.S. 9:2800.6.1 The issue presented for our review is whether, under LSA-R.S. 9:2800.6, K-Mart carried its burden of proving it acted in a reasonably prudent manner in exercising its duty to keep its premises free of any hazardous conditions.
FACTS
On the afternoon of April 20, 1989, Judy Duckett was shopping at K-Mart when she slipped and fell and sustained…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
- McCardie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Matthews v. Schwegmann Giant Supermarkets Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
3Cited by4 opinions
- Jones v. Hyatt Corp. of DelawareLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Duckett v. K-Mart Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- Josephine McGinnis v. Target Corporation of MN, etCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
- McGinnis v. Target Corporation of MinnesotaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2019