Legal Opinion
Smith v. Casino New Orleans Casino
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 3, 2012No. 2012-CA-0292PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.
| ¶ This is a tort suit arising out of the plaintiffs fall from a swivel chair at the defendants’ casino. From a judgment granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing the suit, the plaintiff appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On February 4, 2010, the plaintiff, Barry Smith, was a patron at Harrah’s casino on Poydras Street in New Orleans. While he was attempting to sit down on a swivel chair in front of a slot machine, Mr. Smith fell. When he fell, his leg became trapped between the swivel chair and the…
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