McDONOUGH v. ROYAL SONESTA, INC.

No. 93-CA-0183.

626 So.2d 438 (1993)

Sandra Martin McDONOUGH v. ROYAL SONESTA, INC., Royal Sonesta Hotel, Sonesta International Hotel Corporation, the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Aetna Life and Casualty as the Insurer of Royal Sonesta, Inc., Aetna Life and Casualty, and Aetna Life Insurance Company as Owner of the Building.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sessions & Fishman, Camilo K. Salas, III and Evan E. Tolchinsky, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Sandra Martin McDonough.

Alan A. Zaunbrecher, Metairie, for defendants-appellees, Royal Sonesta, et al.

Before KLEES, ARMSTRONG and JONES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

This case involves a trip and fall in the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, on February 8, 1985. The plaintiff, an attorney, was in New Orleans for the winter meeting of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association. She was returning to her room after an outing with two other attorneys when she allegedly fell as she exited a doorway leading into a courtyard in the hotel. Plaintiff suffered a fractured heel as a result of the accident.

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