Reed v. City of Ville Platte

DECUIR, Judge.

These consolidated cases arise out of a slip and fall accident at the Ville Platte Civic Center. At issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly granted defendant Herb Guillory and Associates’ peremptory exceptions of no cause of action and prescription.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Glenda Reed and her husband, Frances Reed, were attending a trade show at the Ville Platte Civic Center on May 5, 1991. As Mrs. Reed entered the Center, her heel became caught in the threshold of the door causing her to slip and fall and sustain serious injury. As a result, Mrs. Reed and her husband filed…