Haag v. Harris

THE COURT.

This is an action for personal injuries, sustained by plaintiff as a result of a fall into the elevator shaft of defendants’ apartment building. Plaintiff testified that he entered the building as a guest of one of the tenants, opened the .elevator door and fell into the shaft. The elevator was automatic and self-operating, and the doors had locks which were intended to make it impossible both to move the elevator from any floor until the door was closed, and to open the door when the elevator was not at the floor. Various witnesses for defendant, including an inspector of the…