Legal Opinion

Lay v. P & G Health Care, Inc.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 12, 2000No. WD 57678PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEWTON, Judge.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

A. The Accident

Mr. Johnnie Lay had been employed as an elevator repairman since 1981, and he primarily installed, serviced, and repaired elevators and dumbwaiters. 1 On September 30, 1992, Mr. Lay was repairing a dumbwaiter car lodged between two floors at the Hyde Park Nursing Home in Kansas City, Missouri. The nursing home was a three-story structure, and the dumbwaiter was lodged about midway in the shaft. In an attempt to repair the dumbwaiter, Mr. Lay opened the small access panel 2 where he discovered that all of the cable had unwound…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Keener v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  3. Hudson v. CarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  4. Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  5. State v. MorrowSupreme Court of Missouri · 1998

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  5. Henderson v. FieldsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2001

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