Murphy and Gilbert Obtain Defense Win
October 22, 2010
New Orleans, LA – Howard Murphy and Ashley Gilbert defended Stewart Development, L.L.C. and Stirling Properties, L.L.C., the owner and manager respectively of a high rise office building located in Metairie, Louisiana, against claims brought by the worker of a tenant, who fell and sustained a severe fracture of the left hip and other injuries when traversing an entranceway that connected a multi-level parking garage to the building's lobby. Plaintiff claimed the entranceway was defectively designed, constructed and maintained. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants that found the entranceway posed no risk of harm.
Fredrick Rohrbacker v. Stewart Development, L.L.C., No. 659-219, 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana
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