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LEABER v. JOLLEY ELEVATOR CORP.

No. 8728.

354 So.2d 746 (1978)

Mrs. Joyce Fascio Leaber, wife of/and Elroy LEABER v. JOLLEY ELEVATOR CORPORATION, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Financial Property Development Corporation, and American Motorists Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied February 14, 1978.

Writs Refused March 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lambert J. Hassinger and Richard A. McGuire, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John G. Munoz, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Esco Elevators, Inc.

Ethel Harriet Cohen, Jefferson Heights, for defendants-appellees Jolley Elevator and Hartford.

Hammett, Leake, Hammett, Hulse & Nelson, Michael E. Wanek, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees Financial Property Development Corp. and American Motorists.

Before BOUTALL, SCHOTT and GARSAUD, JJ.

SCHOTT, Judge.

This suit arose out of an incident in which an elevator fell while Mrs. Leaber was a passenger with the result that she was injured.

The office of Mrs. Leaber's employer was located on the third floor of a building owned by Financial Property Development Corporation (FPDC). While on her way to work she boarded the building's only elevator on the ground floor. Upon pressing the button for the third floor the door closed but the elevator did not...

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