Cash v. Otis Elevator Co.

Defendants Otis Elevator Company (Otis) and Country Club Manor, co-partnership, d/b/a Mueller Apartments (Mueller), appeal from a judgment entered by the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County, awarding $108,000 plus costs and damages for personal injury.

At about 1:00 o’clock a.m. on August 20, 1981, plaintiff went to the Mueller apartment building to visit a tenant. She entered the lobby and pushed the elevator call button. After briefly visiting with other people in the lobby, plaintiff opened the hoistway door to the elevator and stepped forward. The elevator car…