Moran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Bonnie Moran, brought this action ex delicto to recover damages for injuries allegedly suffered when she slipped and fell in a department store owned by defendant, Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc. From a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.

On June 16, 1978, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Bonnie Moran was shopping in the garden department of defendant’s store located in the Bon Marche Shopping Center in Baton Rouge. Moran was in that section of the department which featured plants displayed for sale when she slipped and fell,…