Bustamante v. Westinghouse Elevator Co.

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered on or about March 18, 1992, which, inter alia, set aside the jury’s verdict and directed a new trial on all issues, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff alleges that he sustained injury when the hydraulically-operated elevator in which he was riding descended below the level of the basement floor and contacted the buffers, causing it to stop abruptly. Defendant maintenance company had the exclusive contract to maintain and repair all elevators in the New York Helmsley Hotel, where plaintiff was employed.…