Hunt v. City Stores, Inc.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit, individually and as administrator of the estate of his minor son, David Hunt, against City Stores, Inc. that defendant’s liability insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, Otis Elevator Company, and Otis’ insurer, Commercial Union Assurance Company, seeking to recover damages sustained as a result of an injury to David while on a descending escalator on the premises of City Stores’ Maison Blanche department store located in the Lake Forest Plaza Shopping Center in New Orleans.

The defendants answered, denying liability, and averring contributory negligence…