McCormick v. Alfred S. Amer Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; J. Porter Parker, Judge. Action by Johanna McCormick and others against the Alfred S. Amer Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
LAND, J.
Thomas McCormick, employed as “elevator man” by defendant, the lessee of the St. Charles Hotel in the city of New Orleans, was on October 27, 1910, caught between the top of the elevator on which he was sitting, and the ceiling of the elevator shaft. The upper portion of his spine was fractured, and he died on November 5, 1910. ' His widow and five minor children sued for damages for the sufferings and death of the husband and father.
The petition alleged that the deceased Instructed the elevator boy to run the elevator to the seventh floor, but that the boy, operating…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schoultz v. Eckardt Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1904
- Linemueller v. ArthurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910