Elevator ordeal
Palms Place condominiums is a defendant in a negligence-focused civil lawsuit after a woman allegedly suffered injuries from an elevator at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Rebecca Keith Wood filed an amended civil suit in Clark County District Court last week against Palms and the Otis Elevator Company after an elevator allegedly fell 22 stories.
failing to maintain, inspect elevators
Wood accused both Palms and the elevator firm of negligence over failing to maintain, inspect elevators on the Vegas property.
The claimant is suing the two firms for “financial compensation in excess of $15,000 for general and specific damages in addition to attorney’s fees.”
Wood claims her elevator ordeal took place in May 2023 while staying at Palms as an invited guest.
Details of accident unclear
Despite the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporting Tuesday that Wood sustained “serious injuries,” it stated there was no clarity on whether she was “inside the elevator or nearby when it fell.”
conditions may be permanent and disabling.”
The civil complaint puts forward that Wood: “received medical and other treatments for injuries sustained to her bodily limbs, organs and nervous systems, all or some of which conditions may be permanent and disabling.”
Wood’s suit alleges Palms and Otis were duty-of-care bound to warn guests about the “dangerous, obvious condition” of the elevators. The lawsuit also alleges the defendants should have kept the elevator “safe and operational” while inspecting it for any defects.
Suit ties up loose ends
Wood’s suit has, however, undergone several tweaks. In her original suit filed March 3, Wood named the off-Strip casino-hotel and its “listed owners, FP Holdings L.P., Otis and TK Elevator Corporation as defendants.”
An amended March 14 suit removed TK from the claim, while the latest amended complaint on March 20 names Palms Place as a defendant instead of former owners Station Casinos. Palms Casino Resort and Palms Place are owned and operated by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, which purchased the property from Station Casinos in May 2021 for $650m.
According to the LVR-J, Palms, its attorney, and Wood’s did not respond to requests for comment.
