Legal Opinion
Jones v. Otis Elevator Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 8, 1988No. 87-8776PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
Defendant, Otis Elevator Company, appeals a jury verdict entered for plaintiff, Carrie Jones, in a diversity suit brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In this personal injury suit, the plaintiff alleged Otis’ negligent maintenance of an elevator resulted in the elevator’s malfunction which proximately caused plaintiff’s back injuries. On appeal, Otis assigns a long list of reversible error to several of the district court’s jury charges and evidentiary rulings. Principally, Otis argues it was error to instruct the jury on the…
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