Smith v. Toys "R" Us, Inc.

JzSHORTESS, Judge.

On December 11, 1990, Sara K. Smith (Smith) was Christmas shopping at one of the Toys R Us stores owned by Toys “R” Us, Inc. (defendant), in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was in the area of the children’s riding toys, shopping for a riding toy for her son. In Toys R Us, unlike most other stores, customers only view the toys on the shelves. The customers then take a specified ticket for the toy of their choice to another area of the store to get the desired item. Smith was standing in the aisle reading the ticket of the toy she was going to purchase, when allegedly a car on the…