Butcher v. Miami Elevator Co.

This appeal is brought from a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, in favor of Miami Elevator Company.

James Vaughn, age eleven, was injured when an elevator door gave way trapping his leg between the elevator cab and a wall at the Castillian Club Condominium. There was conflicting testimony at trial as to the exact cause of the accident. Miami Elevator Company, holder of an exclusive contract with the condominium association, was sued on a theory of negligent maintenance of the elevator. Miami Elevator acknowledges that immediately after the accident the nylon bottom guides or gibs and the…