Bloodworth v. Wal-Mart St.

Full title: JENNY BLOODWORTH, ET AL. v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., D/B/A WAL-MART…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Apr 7, 2004

870 So. 2d 539 (La. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

No. 03-1584.

April 7, 2004.

APPEAL FROM THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES, NO. 70332, 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.