Legal Opinion
Lou v. Otis Elevator Company
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 3, 2010No. 09-P-632PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
In October 1998, while traveling with his parents to visit his grandparents in the People’s Republic of China, then-four year old Kevin Lou (a resident of Worcester County) was injured after catching his hand between the skirt panel and treads of an escalator in the Changzhou Tianyuan Department Store. The escalator was manufactured and sold by China Tianjin Otis Elevator Company, Ltd. (CTOEC), under license from the defendant, Otis Elevator Company (Otis). Kevin and his parents sought damages against Otis in a suit filed in the Superior Court, and after a lengthy trial, a jury returned a…
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