Legal Opinion
Poree v. Elite Elevator Services, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 8, 1998No. 98-C-0032PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I! WALTZER, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This suit arises out of a 10 March 1993 incident in which the wheelchair-bound plaintiff allegedly propelled her wheelchair backwards out of an elevator at the Walter Cohen High School, where she was employed as a science teacher. According to Poree’s petition, the elevator had stopped approximately eighteen inches above the level of the floor, causing her to fall and suffer disabling closed head injuries.
Relators, Dover Elevator Services, Inc., Dover Corporation — Elevator Division and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (DES), filed Peremptory Exceptions…
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