McIntyre v. Monarch Elevator & MacHine Co.

BARNHILL, J. dissenting.

This was an action to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant Monarch Elevator and Machine Company, hereinafter called the Elevator Company.

It was alleged that the Elevator Company while installing certain equipment for use in a passenger elevator in the building of Gilmore Clinic, Inc., had moved the elevator to the second floor and negligently left open and unguarded the door of the elevator shaft on the first floor, and that plaintiff who had entered the building for the purpose of receiving medical attention…