Legal Opinion
Givens v. De Soto Bldg. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 17, 1924No. 24423PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
The Saenger Amusement Company leases, and operates as a moving picture show, a theater building owned by the De Soto Building Company. The balcony seats are on a platform elevated about 8 inches above the aisle. Moving pictures are, and of necessity must be, shown in semidarkness.
On September 12^ 1917, plaintiff visited this theater for the first time, and occupied a balcony seat. She alleges that when she got up to leave she did not know, and was not warned by posted notices or otherwise, of the abrupt change in the floor level; that “there were no safeguards thrown around said drop to…
2Cited by49 opinions
- Wright v. Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Lasell v. Tri-States Theatre Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1943
- Lea v. Baumann Surgical Supplies Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Toups v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
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