Fritz v. Otis Elevator Co.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s decision granting defendant’s summary judgment motion to dismiss the products liability counts of her cause of action because the suit was brought outside the ten-year statute of limitations governing improvements to real property. Plaintiff also appeals the trial court’s failure to give her proposed jury instructions on the subject of comparative negligence. We affirm.

Plaintiff Karen Fritz sustained injuries when she fell while at work. She sued defendant Otis Elevator Company (“Otis”), alleging that an elevator installed and serviced by Otis did not stop…