Ross v. Otis Elevator Company

DOOLIN, Justice.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff tripped over a board in a barricade erected to protect the elevator hoistway where defendant Otis Elevator Company (Otis) was replacing the old elevator with a new one.

Plaintiff testified that she had entered the American Building, owned by defendant Cummings, intending to visit a tenant on the fourth floor. Two employees of Otis were working in the elevator shaft, and because of this the doors had been removed and a barricade placed in front of the opening to protect anyone who might approach the…