First National Bank of Arizona v. Otis Elevator Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying res ipsa because “a jury might well believe plaintiff was hit by the elevator door, and . . . elevator doors do not hit people in the absence of someone’s negligence”
• Res ipsa loquitur can be applied against two or more defendants where there is joint control.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).