Legal Opinion
Breen v. Otis Elevator Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 6, 1969No. 3201PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
The plaintiff, Edward H. Breen, filed this suit against the defendants, Otis Elevator Company, the Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, its liability insurer, E. Lyle Aschaffenburg and Albert L. Aschaffenburg, endeavoring to recover the sum of $80,000.00, representing damages for personal injuries which he asserts were incurred as the result of the negligence of the defendants in causing him to fall into an elevator shaft.
The defendants answered, and denied the plaintiff’s accusations of negligence and then pleaded his contributory negligence as an affirmative defense. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Rittenberry v. Robert E. McKee, General Contractor, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1960
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Barnett v. Trinity Universal Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Breen v. Otis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1969