Montgomery Elevator Co. v. Gordon

LEE, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the opinion of the court of appeals in Gordon v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 42 Colo.App. 426, 599 P.2d 953 (1979). We now affirm the court of appeals.

Respondent Brenda Gordon was injured when she attempted to exit from an elevator in the Hilton Hotel in Denver, where she was employed. The elevator door closed after she and another hotel employee, Ernest Yogley, had entered it. The elevator did not move. Instead, the door reopened slightly, but the opening was not wide enough to allow the passengers to exit. With the assistance of a third employee…