Poree v. Dover Corp.

hWALTZER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Diane Poree, an Orleans Parish public school teacher, allegedly sustained permanent brain damages from an elevator accident on 10 March 1993. She and her *151mother, Dorothy B. Broussard, sued Dover Elevator Systems, Ine., the manufacturer and installer of the elevator and Elite Elevator Service, Inc.1, the maintenance contractor for the period during which the accident occurred. In a supplemental petition, Poree and Broussard sued Jewel Elevator Services, Ine., the prior maintenance contractor, and its insurer, Alliance Insurance Company, alleging that Jewel…