McKeon v. Lissner

Defendants appeal herein from a judgment on verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in. falling to the bottom of an elevator shaft in an apartment house operated by the defendants. We adopt the following portion of the opinion of the district court of appeal herein, which was prepared by Mr. Justice St. Sure:

“Plaintiff, looking for an apartment, visited a certain apartment house of which defendants were lessees. Being admitted to the building, she approached an automatic elevator maintained in the premises for the use…