Shea v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Nellie Maxwell Shea, slipped and fell inside the Bonanza Sirloin Pit Restaurant in Shreveport and as a result of the fall sustained a fracture of her right femural bone. She filed suit against the Bonanza Sirloin Pits # 382, Inc., owner of the restaurant, and its liability insurance carrier, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, alleging the fall was caused by some extraneous and unidentified substance present on the floor. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff and against defendants in the amount of $4,429. Defendants appealed.

On the day of the accident,…