WEAVER v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

No. 11922.

399 So.2d 1268 (1981)

Sylvia Bridgewater WEAVER v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY and Sears, Roebuck and Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Band, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Harry McCall, Jr., New Orleans, Borrello & Huber, Bruce J. Borrello, Metairie, for defendants-appellees.

Before BOUTALL, SCHOTT and BARRY, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiff sued Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) and Otis Elevator Co. (Otis) for personal injuries allegedly received on a freight elevator in Sears' downtown store in New Orleans. The district court dismissed the lawsuit and plaintiff now appeals assigning various errors for consideration.

Plaintiff was employed as a janitorial worker for a private company. She went to the Sears building to work and was alone when she took the freight elevator...

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