Legal Opinion
McGowan v. Victory & Power Ministries
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 31, 2000No. 99 CA 0235PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
h.WEIMER, J.
A suit seeking damages for personal injury and loss of consortium was filed by Celia A. Williams McGowan and her husband, Ronnie M. McGowan, naming Victory and Power Ministries (Church) and its insurer, Church Mutual Insurance Company, as defendants. The petition claims Mrs. McGowan severely injured her arm in a fall during church services in 1992. After the McGowans completed their case in chief at a trial on the merits, the trial court granted the Church’s motion for involuntary dismissal. The McGowans appealed; we affirm.
FACTS
On May 17, 1992, Celia A Williams McGowan was…
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