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SURGI v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

No. 88-CA-809.

541 So.2d 297 (1989)

Margaret B. SURGI v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and Elmwood Development Company and the Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall E. Title, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant.

C. Edgar Cloutier, Christovich & Kearney, William H. Syll, Jr., Law Offices of James J. Morse, New Orleans, for defendants/appellants.

Before GAUDIN, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.

GOTHARD, Judge.

This tort suit is for injuries resulting from an elevator accident.

Margaret Surgi was injured on August 7, 1985, when an elevator suddenly rose several inches as she was stepping into it, causing her to trip and fall forward. Mrs. Surgi was returning from lunch with a group of her co-employees at AT & T, whose offices were located in Jefferson, in a building owned by the Elmwood Development Company. The elevator had been built and installed...

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