Legal Opinion
Greet v. Otis Elevator Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1963No. 3083PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge.
Appellant was an employee of a tenant in an office building known as the Wyatt Building and owned by The Virginia Hotel Company. She brought this action against the building owner and Otis Elevator Company for damages suffered when the doors of an automatic elevator in the building struck her as she was entering it.
The building has four elevators which were formerly manually operated. On July 7, 1958, the building owner contracted with Otis for the conversion of the elevators from manual to automatic operation. When work commenced is not shown by the record, but work was in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Meny v. CarlsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
- Biondini v. Amship Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1947
- Schroeder v. City County Savings Bank, AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Enslein v. Hudson & Manhattan RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1957
- Enslein v. Hudson & Manhattan RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Qualls v. United States Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
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