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· 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

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

  • 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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