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RABITO v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

Nos. 93-CA-1001, 93-CA-1002.

633 So.2d 368 (1994)

Rose RABITO and Anthony Rabito v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, et al. Rose RABITO and Anthony Rabito v. MEDICAL CENTER OF EAST NEW ORLEANS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Edgar Cloutier and Richard J. Garvey, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Robert M. Johnston, Anne Derbes Keller, Adams and Johnston, New Orleans, and John T. Bennett, Marksville, for plaintiffs/appellees.

Daniel A. Webb and Daniel A. Tadros, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, for intervenor/appellant.

Before BYRNES, WARD and PLOTKIN, JJ.

BYRNES, Judge.

Otis Elevator Company ("Otis") appeals a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in which the trial court found Otis liable for injuries suffered by Rose Rabito, who tripped and fell as she was entering an elevator. We reverse.

On April 13, 1988 Rose Rabito entered an elevator on the first floor in the Medical Center of East New Orleans ("Medical Center") on the way to her employer's office on the seventh floor. The elevator was manufactured and...

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