Riberdy v. Denby Stores, Inc.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court which denied a motion to dismiss for insufficiency a cross complaint in an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the door of a self-service elevator closed upon her. Plaintiff charges defendant elevator company, which serviced the elevator under a contract with the defendant department store owner, with negligently maintaining the elevator in a defective and dangerous condition, in that the door did not operate properly and was allowed to open and close with great speed and force; charges that defendant owner negligently…