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LAUFER v. TOURO INFIRMARY

No. 7400.

334 So.2d 541 (1976)

Charles LAUFER, husband of/and Rachel Laufer v. TOURO INFIRMARY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunn & Rasch, Ltd., Michael H. Rasch and Wayne W. Yuspeh, Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Law Offices of Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, Christopher B. Siegrist, Metairie, for Touro Infirmary and Argonaut Southwest Ins. Co., defendants-appellees.

Drury, Lozes & Curry, James H. Drury and Madison C. Moseley, New Orleans, for Otis Elevator Co. and Commercial Union Ins. Co., defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and MORIAL, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a dismissal by summary judgment of their suit, arising out of a February 9, 1974 accident in which the plaintiff-wife was injured when exiting from an elevator, installed and maintained by the Otis Elevator Company, and located in Touro Infirmary.

Rachel Laufer, a 78-year old woman, and her sister were passengers in an ascending elevator at Touro. Because of a malfunction, the elevator jerked while ascending and stopped...

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