Davis v. Wal-Mart

Full title: MARY DAVIS v. WAL-MART STORES, INC

Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Jun 1, 2001

785 So. 2d 819 (La. 2001)

Opinion

No. 2000-C-0445

June 1, 2001.

Rehearing denied.

LEMMON, J., Concurring in the Denial of Rehearing.[fn1] [fn1] Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired participated in the decision, in this case, which was argued prior to his retirement.

In Joseph v. Broussard Rice Mill, Inc., 00-0628 (LA. 10/30/00), 772 So.2d 94, this court reversed the conditional granting of a new trial because, among other reasons, the trial judge did not specify any grounds for his decision, as required by La. Code Civ.Proc. art. 1811C(1). In the present case, the trial judge essentially gave no reasons for conditionally granting a new trial, but simply gave the same reasons he gave for granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.