Pinaud v. Bart

ROBERT M. FLEMING, Judge pro tem.

This is an appeal from the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish. The appellants are the owners and operators of Bart’s Restaurant and Bar, situated at West End in Orleans Parish. The suit giving rise to this appeal arose out of an accident at Bart’s Restaurant when William Pinaud was leaving the restaurant with a friend after having dined there.

Mr. Pinaud and his friend, Mr. Michel, testified that as Mr. Pinaud was leaving the restaurant he was getting ready to go through a swinging wood-frame glass door and without even touching the glass, it suddenly…