Luze v. New Fb Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that elevator owners are subject to the common-carrier standard of care
• violation of Montana safety code for elevators is evidence of negligence rather than negligence per se
• “[I]n the operation of an elevator, we feel the owner owes a higher degree of care. The elevator performs the function of a common carrier in transporting people from one floor to another.”
• felling snag trees, applying Montana law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).