Zenon v. Delchamps, Inc.

hWALTZER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Dianna Zenon, a resident of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, filed suit on 30 August 1990 against Delchamps, Inc., a foreign corporation doing business in' Louisiana, for damages allegedly sustained on 16 December 1989 when Zenon slipped and fell on a foreign substance in the aisle of a Delchamps food store located in Abbeville, Louisiana. The citation was stamped “Received” on 11 September 1990, three months prior to the tolling of the one year tort prescription. Del-champs was not served until 20 February 1991, after prescription had run. Delchamps filed an…