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AUSTIN v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 6812.

336 So.2d 914 (1976)

Mrs. Lucien R. AUSTIN, Jr., et al. v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY and Employers-Commercial Union Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burk & Burk, Maurice Burk, and Herman & Herman, Russ M. Herman, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Drury, Lozes & Curry, James H. Drury and Madison C. Moseley, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before LEMMON, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.

LEMMON, Judge.

Otis Elevator Company and its insurer have appealed from a judgment which awarded damages to the widow and children of Lucien Austin, who was injured in an elevator accident. The principal issues on appeal are liability for the accident and the causal relationship between the accident and Austin's death six weeks later.

Otis designed, manufactured and installed the six elevators in the Federal Building in New Orleans, which opened in 1961. In...

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