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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 36
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions handed down on the 20th day of May, 2003, are as follows:
BY WEIMER, J.:
2002-C- 2382
IRMA JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)For reasons assigned, we are constrained to dismiss the writ ofcertiorari. WRIT OF CERTIORARI DISMISSED.

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
02-C-2382
IRMA JOHNSON
versus
STATE OF LOUISIANA

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, SECOND CIRCUIT,
PARISH OF OUACHITA

WEIMER, Justice
Upon review of the record, we find the procedural posture of this matter precludes this court from addressing the issue of whether a 1/16-inch height differential between the tiled landing and a nosing strip placed on the edge of a stair is an unreasonably dangerous condition. The writ of certiorari is dismissed.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On January 6, 1999, Irma Johnson had a clinic appointment at E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana. After her appointment, she visited briefly with her brother, who was employed by the medical center as the Environmental Services Manager, in his office on the second floor of the facility.  Upon leaving her brother

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