Barker v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a “slip and fall” case, wherein the plaintiff alleges that he slipped on a piece of foreign material in the produce section of the defendant’s store. From a judgment in favor of the defendant and dismissing the plaintiff’s suit, the plaintiff has perfected this appeal.

The record points out that late on the afternoon of February 26, 1966, the plaintiff, C. L. Barker, entered the defendant’s supermarket in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, for the single purpose of purchasing a fresh coconut. The plaintiff proceeded directly to the produce section of this supermarket, obtained…