Louis v. J. C. Penney Co.

BLANCHE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a suit for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff when she slipped and fell on the floor of an aisle in the J. C. Penney Company store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on April 12, 1968. From a judgment in favor of defendants dismissing plaintiff’s suit, plaintiff perfected this de-volutive appeal. We reverse.

Plaintiff alleges and a preponderance of the evidence shows that plaintiff slipped on a small, black plastic “sock hanger” used by the defendant store to hang and display socks for sale. In dismissing plaintiff’s suit, the trial…