Thomas v. Otis Elevator Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries brought against the Otis Elevator Company, and *402one Blackwell, one of its employees. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $25,000, and defendants appeal.

Selden-Breck Company, builders, were erecting a hotel building in Omaha under a contract. Part of the work was sublet to a number of other concerns. The Otis Elevator Company, defendant, had a subcontract to install two elevators in the building, and the Omaha Iron .Works had a subcontract to erect and furnish certain doors and metal work for the elevator shaft.

The plaintiff was a…