Marino v. Clark

BOUTALL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant and defendant’s insurer for damages arising from a slip and fall plaintiff suffered at a *430construction site. After trial on the merits, the trial court rendered a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s suit and plaintiff now appeals that judgment.

Basic facts are uncontested. Cyrus Mari-no was an electrician employed by Fishback & Moore, Inc., working on the new Federal Building in the City of New Orleans. On June 20, 1974, the plaintiff was working on the third floor of the multi-storied office building installing electrical conduit. The area in…