Legal Opinion
Boudreaux v. Swift Transportation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2005No. 04-30467PublishedCited by 929 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Purjice Boudreaux filed suit against Swift Transportation Company seeking damages for injuries arising from a slip and fall incident. Boudreaux claimed that he slipped after stepping in a puddle of oil that had been left on a truck stop parking lot by a Swift truck. The district court granted Swift’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
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Prior to sustaining injuries in the fall, Boudreaux was employed by Werner Enterprises as a truck driver. During the evening hours of February 10, 2001, Bou-dreaux entered a Flying J truck stop in Waco, Texas, and…
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