Legal Opinion
Borruano v. City of Plaquemine
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 1998No. 97 CA 1926PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
720 So.2d 62 (1998)
Meryl BORRUANO
v.
CITY OF PLAQUEMINE.
No. 97 CA 1926.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
September 25, 1998.
Dana K. Larpenteur, Plaquemine, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Paul Holmes, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before FITZSIMMONS and GUIDRY, JJ., and CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.[1]
FITZSIMMONS, Judge.
Meryl M. Borruano filed a lawsuit against the City of Plaquemine (City). She alleged that she "tripped and fell on a rug near the access doors...." Following a bench trial, the judge ruled in favor of Ms. Borruano. The City appeals that trial court decision, assigning as error…
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