Perry v. Wal-Mart

Full title: JANICE PERRY v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., D/B/A WAL-MART SUPERCENTER

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Apr 7, 2004

870 So. 2d 540 (La. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 03-1583.

April 7, 2004.

APPEAL FROM THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES, NO. 70330, DIV. B HONORABLE FRED C. SEXTON, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE.

DONALD G. KELLY, WILLIAM L. Townsend, III, KELLY, TOWNSEND THOMAS, Natchitoches, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee: BETTY SMITH.

ROBERT L. SALIM, Natchitoches, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee: BETTY SMITH.

RONALD E. CORKERN, JR. CORKERN CREWS, L.L.C. Natchitoches, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.

KATHLEEN A. MANNING, HENRI WOLBRETTE, III, STEPHEN P. BEISER, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.

JOHN G. SWIFT, SWIFT RHOADES, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MARC T. AMY, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.

MARC T. AMY, Judge.

For reasons set forth in the companion case of Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 03-1582 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/7/04); 870 So.2d 531, this matter is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assigned the appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., d/b/a Wal-Mart Supercenter.

AFFIRMED.