Dowdy v. City of Monroe

78 So.3d 791 (2011)

Jewel DOWDY and Jesse Dowdy, Plaintiffs-Appellants

v.

CITY OF MONROE and Monroe Civic Center, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 46,693-CA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 2, 2011.

Richard L. Fewell, Jr., for Appellants.

Davenport, Files & Kelly, L.L.P., Monroe, LA, by Mike C. Sanders, Amanda A. James, for Appellees.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

In this trip and fall case, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the municipality after finding that the surface irregularity in a public parking lot upon which plaintiff tripped did not…