Sutton v. Otis Elevator Co.

I concur in the reversal of the judgments in the Sutton, Snow, and Waters Cases. I think the judgment should be reversed, also, in the E. H. Berg Case.

It is conceded that the Otis Elevator Company, in installing the cables and making the repairs on the elevator of the hotel company, was an independent contractor. The court so charged the jury in all of the cases. The Gertrude Berg Case, 64 Utah, 518, 231 P. 832, heretofore considered by this court, and these cases, arose out of the same accident. It is conceded by all parties concerned that the evidence in that case and in these cases as to…