Himel v. Ryder

TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff slipped and fell while visiting the Natchitoches Hospital. She sues to recover for the personal injuries thereby sustained. Made defendants are the hospital’s administrator and its liability insurer. The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of her suit.

The parties agree as to the legal principles applicable. The hospital owed to invitees such as the plaintiff a duty of ordinary care to keep its floors in a reasonably safe condition, so that those rightfully upon the premises could walk over them with safety. Trahan v. Palms Hospital Inc., La.App. 3 Cir., 143 So.2d…