Escobar v. Cajun Operating Co.

|2The owner-operator of a restaurant appeals a judgment awarding damages to a customer for alleged injuries .she sustained when her finger was caught on the underside of a chair at the restaurant.

BACKGROUND

Alicia Escobar filed suit against Cajun Operating Company (“Cajun”), the owner-operator of a Church’s Fried Chicken restaurant in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Alicia alleged that on October 18, 2014, she injured her right index finger on the underside of a chair at the restaurant, as she sat in the chair while simultaneously moving the chair closer to a table. Alicia’s finger somehow became…