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WILLIAMS v. AMERICAN CRESCENT ELEVATOR

No. CA-6671.

518 So.2d 1091 (1987)

Emelda Williams, Wife of and Thomas WILLIAMS, et al. v. AMERICAN CRESCENT ELEVATOR COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1988.

Writs Denied April 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bendana & Carlton, Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee Emelda Williams.

Charles A. Boggs, Boggs, Loehn & Rodrigue, and Robert E. Leake, Jr., Hammett, Leake & Hammett, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Montgomery Elevator Co.

Ronald L. Ronzello, Metairie, for defendant-appellant American Crescent Elevator Co.

Shelley Herman Gillon, Asst. Chief Atty., Don J. Hernandez, Chief Deputy City Atty., Okla Jones, II, City Atty., New Orleans, on behalf of intervenor-appellee City of New Orleans.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.

KLEES, Judge.

On September 24, 1982, the plaintiff, while working as a custodian at the New Orleans Public Library, tripped and fell as she attempted to enter an elevator that had stopped approximately ten inches above the floor. As a result of her fall, plaintiff sustained a back injury which rendered her partially disabled and incapable of returning to work as a custodian. Plaintiff sued Montgomery Elevator Company, the manufacturer of the elevator; American Crescent...

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