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Fashion house Louis Vuitton is being sued by a guest who attended Kanye West’s 30th birthday party.

Veteran rap and hip-hop manager Steve Lobel claims he was injured at the event – which was hosted by the designer label at their New York store on 7 June 2007 – when a temporary wall fixture fell onto his head.

Lobel – who oversees the band Bone, Thugs-N-Harmony – is demanding unspecified damages from the company, claiming they used unstable wall panels to “obscure the store’s merchandise and create a club look”.

The lawsuit – filed in Queen’s Supreme Court in New York – also names events promoter Tony Berger, of Relevant Group LLC.

Berger told the New York Daily News newspaper: “We were aware of the incident. We reported it to our insurance carrier and it is being handled by them.”

Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton has accused website Google of helping to promote the sale of fake designer goods.

LVMH – which is responsible for the label and other luxury brands – claims Google sells keywords such a ‘Vuitton’ to increase revenue.

The legal dispute has been running for six years, but has recently ended its final stage. A ruling is expected early next year.

The fashion house argues this means people searching for the label online are likely to stumble upon fake rival products instead.

Patrice de Cande, a lawyer for the clothier, told the European Court of Justice: “Google’s advertisement activities have given companies which sell fake products unprecedented visibility beyond their wildest dreams.”