Boutte v. Winn Dixie Louisiana, Inc.

JiKNIGHT, Judge Pro Tem.

Plaintiff, Mary Ann Boutte, appeals from a trial court judgment granting an involuntary dismissal of her slip and fall case, pursuant to La.Code Civ.P. art. 1672, upon motion of the defendant, Winn Dixie Louisiana, Inc.

FACTS

On April 28, 1991, Boutte stopped at the Winn-Dixie store in Rayne, Louisiana to do some grocery shopping on her way home from work. Her daughter, Laura Boutte Smith, had accompanied her to the store. Smith had left her mother in the aisle with the display of baby bottle nipples and gone to purchase groceries just prior to the accident. After going…