Legal Opinion
James R. Fontenot v. Lewis Grocer Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1972No. 72-1059PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The only issue on this Louisiana-based diversity tort action is whether the District Court, sitting without a jury, erred in finding that appellant’s negligence was the proximate cause of his injuries, thereby barring his recovery. We agree with this finding and therefore affirm.
Appellant James R. Fontenot, employed as Head Stocker for Allied Grocery at K-Mart grocery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, slipped, fell and injured himself while assisting Willie Williams, the truck driver of defendant Lewis Grocer Company, a Mississippi corporation, in unloading from a trailer merchandise delivered to…
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