Marquez v. City Stores Co.

SCHOTT, Judge.

This suit arose out of an accident which occurred on February 21, 1976, in which plaintiff’s three and one-half year old child, James, was injured while riding the escalator at the Maison Blanche store in the Lake Forest Plaza in New Orleans. Defendants were City Stores Company, the owner of the store, its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, Otis Elevator Company, which had constructed the elevator and was under *1289contract with Maison Blanche to maintain it, and its insurer, Commercial Union Insurance Companies. City Stores and Travelers filed a third-party demand against Otis…