Millsaps v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from a dismissal of her suit for damages for injuries she sustained in a fall at an A&P Food Store in New Orleans at about one o’clock in the afternoon on October 18, 1973. Defendant is the liability insurer of the store. The trial judge gave the following reasons for judgment:

“The law is clear that a storekeeper is not an insurer of his invitees, and negligence on the part of the storekeeper must be shown in order for plaintiff to recover. The Court is of the opinion that plaintiff in the instant case has failed to prove, by the preponderance of the…