Rumetsch v. Wanamaker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Wanamaker, New York (Incorporated), from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of January, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $16,000, and also from an order entered in said ' clerk’s office on the same day, denying the defendant’s motion for.a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
On April 27, 1909, defendant conducted :a department store for the sale of• merchandise in the borough' of -MMiliattan and: city of New York. For the convenience of its pátróns it maintained and operated several passenger elevators1 rtmning fróíti.-' *802the basement to the upper floors of the building. On the date named, plaintiff, a customer, entered the car of one of these elevators at the third floor, to be carried to the mam floor. At some point between the place of entry and the basement the car began to suddenly and rapidly descend, finally striking with great violence upon the…
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- Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Kahner v. Otis Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Stott v. ChurchillNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895
- Kahner v. . Otis Elevator CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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