Delahoussaye v. Delchamps, Inc.

JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Leon Delahoussaye, appeals a judgment of the trial court dismissing his suit against defendant, Delchamps, Inc. (Del-champs), for damages he allegedly sustained in a slip and fall accident on January 13, 1994, in defendant’s New Iberia store. We affirm.

PLAINTIFF’S BURDEN OF PROOF

In ruling for defendant, the trial judge found that plaintiff had failed to carry his burden of proof. Recently, this court had occasion to review the burden of proof the plaintiff in a slip and fall case had to carry prior to the 1996 amendments of the ^governing statutes. In…