Legal Opinion
Keller v. Monteleon Hotel
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 2010No. 2009-CA-1327PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
I,Carl Keller was injured when the body of a suicide victim fell on him outside of the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. The trial court found that the defendants were not liable to Carl Keller or his wife. We find that the trial court did not err and affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On August 2, 1996, Carl Keller was working as a cable technician for Cox Communications Louisiana, LLC (“Cox”) and was dispatched to the Hotel Montel-eone (“Hotel”). While he was placing a call to dispatch, he was struck by the falling body of Amy Lewis, who committed suicide by…
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