Schaber v. Young

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 73
• 18 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 342
• 1911 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 255

Syllabus

<p>ELEVATORS</p> <p>1. Same Degree of Care Required by Owner of Elevator as of Common Carrier.</p> <p>In an- action for damages for injuries received by a passenger through the alleged negligence of an owner and operator of an elevator, it is not error to charge that the same degree of care is required of such owner and operator as of a common carrier of passengers, it being explained that the care so required is of the highest degree.</p> <p>2. Rule of Highest Degree of Care Applicable to Elevators.</p> <p>The owner and operator of an elevator, like the common carrier of passengers, is not bound to use the highest degree of care for all who come to its stations, yet, when it holds out the invitation to “step aboard,” its duty to afford the highest degree of care to him who accepts the invitation, and undertakes to step aboard, has begun.</p>