Opinion
No. 2023-CC-01512
01-17-2024
Ronetta NORRIS v. FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF LOUISIANA, INC., Hope Doe, AXA Insurance Company, and Village Ventures, LLC
Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons. Crain, J., would grant. McCallum, J., would grant. Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons.
Applying For Supervisory Writ, Parish of Orleans Civil, Orleans Civil District Court Number(s) 2020-5619, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2023-C-0648.
1Writ application denied. Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons.
Crain, J., would grant.
McCallum, J., would grant.
Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons.
1Pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure article 966(H), I would grant the defendant’s writ application, order the parties to file written briefs, and allow an opportunity to make a written request for oral argument. In my view, the Court should review this case consistent with the standards recently articulated in Farrell v. Circle K Stores, Inc., 2022-0849, p.13 (La. 3/17/23), 359 So. 3d 467, 478 ("Summary judgment, based on the absence of liability, may be granted upon a finding that reasonable minds could only agree that the condition was not unreasonably dangerous; therefore, the defendant did not breach the duty owed. In such instance, the plaintiff would be unable to prove the breach element at trial.").