Usher v. Otis Elevator Co.

The plaintiff, Brenda A. Usher (“Usher”), sued the defendant, Otis Elevator Company, Inc. (“Otis Elevator”), for personal injuries allegedly caused by its negligent maintenance of a freight elevator in a building in Worcester. Summary judgment entered for Otis Elevator. Usher has appealed.

Taken in the light most favorable to Usher, the nonmoving party, Pellegrino v. Springfield Parking Auth., 69 Mass. App. Ct. 94, 97 (2007), the Mass. R. Civ. P., Rule 56, materials disclose the following. Massachusetts Electric Company (“Mass. Electric”) contracted with Otis Elevator to maintain its freight…