Simmons v. Chuck's, Inc.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Voncile Simmons Van Epps, instituted this suit against the defendants, Chuck’s Inc. and its liability insurer Pacific Indemnity Insurance Company, endeavoring to recover the sum of $54,581.30, representing damages for injuries resulting from an accident which occurred in defendant’s bar when another patron in endeavoring to depart therefrom pushed a bar chair which struck plaintiff, causing a ruptured intervertebral disc.

Defendants pleaded the exceptions of no cause or right of action, which were overruled, and then answered and denied liability for the injuries…