Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Otis Elevator Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1926No. 4305PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThurman, J.
These actions were instituted to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the fall of an elevator in the New-house Hotel, owned and operated by the defendant Bonneville Hotel Company in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The defendant Otis Elevator Company, as an independent contractor, in the month of September, 1920, installed two hoisting cables in what is designated as No. 2 elevator in said hotel, and on the 21st day of March, 1922, while said elevator was loaded with numerous guests of said hotel, the hoisting cables of said elevator parted at the cones, by reason whereof the elevator dropped…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Schubert v. J. R. Clark Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Casey v. Wrought Iron Bridge Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
- O'Brien v. American Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Thornton v. DowWashington Supreme Court · 1910
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Banaghan v. DeweyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Randle v. AllenUtah Supreme Court · 1993
- Roush v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
- Leigh v. WadsworthSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Leininger v. Stearns-Roger Manufacturing CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1965
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