Dede v. Tip's Development, L.L.C.

BELSOME, Judge.

_|jOn January 24, 2005, Mr. Dede, an employee of Cox Communications of New Orleans, was dispatched to a building, owned and controlled by FSA, to install a new high-speed internet line. Mr. Dede was escorted to the computer room, on the third floor of the building, by FSA’s employee, Mr. Jonathan Quant. When Mr. Dede entered the room to assess where the internet line should be run he fell into a hole in the floor.

As a result of the fall, Mr. Dede suffered a left rotator cuff tear, which necessitated surgery and ultimately resulted in an early retirement from Cox Communications.…