Nash v. Draughon Business School

MARVIN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a judgment rejecting her demand for personal injury damages arising out of a trip and fall, contending that an allegedly “puckered” (wrinkled) *38carpet is a defective thing imposing strict liability on its custodian under CC Art. 2317, Loescher v. Parr, 324 So.2d 441 (La.1975), and its progeny. We affirm.

For about six months before the accident, plaintiff had been a student in defendant’s business school which occupied premises on the first floor of a multistory Shreveport office building. Plaintiff tripped and fell on a small stairway leading from the lobby of…