A woman claiming to have been stuck in a hotel parking garage elevator for 20 minutes is suing the hotel for unspecified damages.
She alleges it was “unbearably hot” in the elevator. She says she screamed for help for the entire time until an employee rescued her by prying open the elevator doors. He didn’t help her move out of the elevator, so she fell. She claims she suffered physical injuries in the fall and “experienced emotional distress, great fear and anxiety.”
Source: Kyle Barnett, “Chateau Bourbon Wyndham sued by woman stuck in elevator for 20 minutes,” Louisiana Record, April 12, 2012 h/t faces of lawsuit abuse, a project of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform
Maureen Martin, a former legal fellow at The Heartland Institute, passed away on February 5, 2013.
