Legal Opinion
McClelland v. Jarrell's, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 20, 1986No. 17911-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDSAY, Judge.
The plaintiff, Pearlie B. McClelland, appeals the trial court judgment which sustained the peremptory exception of prescription filed by the defendant, Jarrell’s, Inc. and dismissed the plaintiff’s action in tort for damages resulting from her fall in the defendant’s parking lot. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
On June 3, 1983, the plaintiff went to Jarrell’s, Inc., a retail clothing store for women, to pay her bill. After leaving the store, the plaintiff stumbled as she was crossing the parking lot and fell to her hands and knees. She testified that “her ankle turned,”…
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