The elderly woman whose family has sued Donald Trump’s hotel for a revolving door mishap died seven months after the accident took place, new details pertaining to the case have emerged. 78-year-ol Diana Truscheke suffered severe injuries when the door accelerated behind her, throwing her onto the pavement outside, where she fell on her face. The incident happened at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas in March 2023, and the woman died in October 2024.
Citing physical, emotional, and economic distress, the family is seeking damages in excess of $15,000. They claimed that the hotel was not compliant with safety regulations. The hotel staff were aware that the door was not functioning properly, but they did not warn her. Truscheke was rushed to the hospital where she received extensive medical treatment but her condition continued to deteriorate. The lawsuit said the hotel authorities were negligent, violated safety codes and failed to post safety warning.
The hotel settled another dispute in 2020 after a window washer working on the building fell to his death in 2018. The hotel paid just $630 to the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration—because it could not provide paperwork showing proper anchorage points for washers on the building. Jonathan Garcia, the 27-year-old man, died from blunt force trauma after striking his head.
On its website, the 64-floor Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas states that it is “a sophisticated, non-smoking and non-gaming, luxury hotel in Vegas on the strip” that is “minutes away from the Las Vegas Convention Center and the best the city has to offer.”
It has 1,282 bedrooms, making it one of the largest hotels in the city.
It is the same hotel outside of which Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year Green Beret who was deployed to Afghanistan twice, fatally shot himself in the head inside a Tesla Cybertruck that erupted into flames on New Year’s Day, 2025.
