Fifelski v. Grand Rapids Gas Light Co.

Plaintiff was injured while in the act of stepping out of an elevator shaft owned and operated by defendant. The shaft in question was about 9 feet square, built of heavy timbers at the corner, and supported at intervals by planks 2x6, running at right angles to each other in the shape of an X, and fastened to the corner posts. The shaft was about 25 feet in height, and tightly boarded up on its east and west sides, and upon the north and south sides, except for the necessary openings. There is one opening in the shaft on the ground level. The next opening is upon the north side of the shaft…