Nelson v. Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp.

| ¡.CARTER, C.J.

Clotiel R. Nelson slipped and fell in a Rite Aid store in Baton Rouge on November 29, 2000. She filed suit against Rite Aid Corporation (defendant) on January 9, 2002.2 On February 26, 2002, a default judgment was rendered against defendant in the sum of $106,939.81.

The trial court denied defendant’s motion for new trial. Defendant appeals, alleging the trial court erred in confirming the default judgment and in denying its motion for new trial. In support of its motion for new trial, defendant argued that plaintiff failed to present a prima facie case that she was entitled to…