Brewer v. Otis Elevator Company

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by Iris Ramsey Brewer when she slipped and fell in an elevator. The principal question involved on appeal concerns the duty of care owed by Otis to the public using the elevators by reason of the fact that Otis exercised some degree of joint control over the elevators.

The suit named as defendants Prudential Insurance Company of America, the owner of the elevator and the building in which it was installed; American Building Maintenance Company, Inc., who had a contract with Prudential to keep the building clean; and…