Guidry v. Pizza Hut of Louisiana, Inc.

STOULIG, Judge.

This is an appeal from a $45,000 jury award to plaintiff, Rodney C. Guidry, against Pizza Hut of Louisiana, Inc., and its liability insurer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, for damages he sustained in a slip-and-fall accident. On appeal defendants reurge the defense of contributory negligence as a basis for reversal on liability. Alternatively they seek a reduction of quantum.

Admittedly, at 1:30 a. m. on July 27,1975, plaintiff slipped and fell on a wet floor in a Pizza Hut restaurant. The hazardous condition resulted from leaking plumbing of which the management had…