Legal Opinion
Guerrero v. Brookshire Grocery Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 29, 2015No. 49,707-CAPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.
_|jln this case, the plaintiff was shopping at a grocery store when she tripped and fell on a small box in the aisle. The store management had begun its restocking procedures two hours before it closed for the evening, and the box had been left on the floor for the restocking of a product. Following a bench trial, the trial court found no fault on the part of the defendant. Our review of the record shows that the box in question presented an unreasonable risk of harm, and we therefore reverse the ruling of the trial court.
Facts
In the evening of January 3, 2010, Donna Guerrero (the…
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