Edwards v. K & B, INC.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 617 So. 2d 880 - Stobart v. State Through DOTD · 373 So. 2d 498 - Reck v. Stevens · 511 So. 2d 1134 - McCardie v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Carvell v. Winn · 501 So. 2d 994 - Whitacre v. Halo Optical Products, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(A) A merchant owes a duty to persons who use his premises to exercise reasonable care to keep his aisles, passageways and floors in a reasonably safe condition. This duty includes a reasonable effort to keep the premises free of any hazardous conditions which reasonably might give rise to damage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In our view, § 2800.6(B), as amended in 1990, did not change the law applicable to falling merchandise claims. These claims continue to be governed by the principles stated in § 2800.6(A) and in Bell, supra ( Bell v. Bestyet Discount Foods, 372 So.2d 781 , (La.App. 2d Cir. 1979)). The merchant must use reasonable care to keep his aisles, passageways and floors in a reasonably safe condition, free of hazards which may cause injury. § 2800.6(A). A plaintiff who is injured by falling merchandise must prove that a premise hazard existed, and may do so by circumstantial evidence. Once the plaintiff proves a prima facie premise hazard, the defendant has the burden to exculpate itself from fault by showing that it used reasonable care to avoid such hazards by means such as periodic cleanup and inspection procedures. Bell, supra, 372 So.2d at 784 ; Tobin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., supra ( Tobin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 575 So.2d 946 (La.App. 2d Cir.1991)); Courville v. Piggly Wiggly Bunkie Co., 614 So.2d 1366 (La.App. 3d Cir.1993).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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