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MILLER v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 877.

154 So.2d 629 (1963)

Offord MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Frank M. Brame, Lake Charles, for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant.

W. Ellis Bond, for plaintiff-appellee.

Plauche & Plauche, by A. L. Plauche, Lake Charles, for third party defendant-interventor-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.

SAVOY, Judge.

Plaintiff, a 64-year-old elevator operator employed by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, sued Otis Elevator Company for personal injuries sustained when the elevator in question came to a sudden stop between floors.

Plaintiff's petition alleged that he sustained a whiplash injury which aggravated a pre-existing arthritic condition in his spine, and that he also sustained a hernia. He alleged defendant's negligence in improperly maintaining...

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