· 1/29/1963
Greet v. Otis Elevator Company
Citations
- 187 A.2d 896
- 1963 D.C. App. LEXIS 185
How courts have described this case
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- permitting res ipsa instruction against multiple defendants despite plaintiff \offer[ing] no evidence as to the cause or reason\ in elevator-door case
- “It is a matter of conjecture whether the jury, if properly instructed, would have returned a verdict for the full amount against either defendant.”
- res ipsa loquitur applicable against building owner and elevator company because either or both could have had responsibility and control of the elevator at the time of the accident
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Judges: Hood, Quinn, Cayton, Code
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