Otis Elevator Company v. Bond

BATEMAN, Justice.

Appellee brought this suit for damages against Adolphus Tower Building, herein sometimes called "the Building”, and Otis Elevator Company, herein sometimes called “Otis”, alleging that while riding as a passenger in an automatic elevator in the Adolphus Tower Building, intending to descend to the lobby floor, the elevator descended very rapidly in what was described as a free fall causing her to be thrown to the floor of the elevator and injuring her foot and ankle. Appellee neither pled nor attempted to prove any specific act of negligence as against either defendant,…