Broussard v. State ex rel. Office of State Buildings

KNOLL, Justice.*

Bln this personal injury case, we must determine whether a one and one-half to three inch misalignment between the floors of an elevator and a building’s lobby created an unreasonable risk of harm as found by the jury, or whether the elevator’s defective condition presented an open and obvious hazard as determined by the Court of Appeal.

Plaintiff, Paul Broussard, filed this suit against the State of Louisiana (“the State”) for damages he sustained from an accident caused by the misaligned elevator. Upon conclusion of a three-day trial, a jury re*179turned a verdict in Broussard’s…