Legal Opinion
Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Street
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 20, 1976No. 75-199PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
327 So.2d 113 (1976)
COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE CO., and Otis Elevator Company, Appellants,
v.
Sonja STREET, Appellee.
No. 75-199.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
February 20, 1976.
Gary M. Witters, of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, for appellants.
David A. Maney of Gordon & Maney, and Mulholland & Hapner, Tampa, for appellee.
SCHEB, Judge.
Is res ipsa loquitur an applicable doctrine on which to predicate an elevator company's liability where the plaintiff is injured as a result of a malfunction of one of its elevators? The trial court held it was, notwithstanding a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bond v. Otis Elevator CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Bias v. Montgomery Elevator Co. of Kansas, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1975
- Otis Elevator Company v. Fay Ann SealeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Bryan v. Otis Elevator CompanyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1968
- Cortez Roofing, Inc. v. BaroloDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Carolyn S. Newell v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Doing Business as Westinghouse Elevator Company, a Division of Said CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Ferguson v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Otis Elevator Co. v. ChamblissDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Swann v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Bronz v. St. Jude's Hospital ClinicWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
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