Graham v. Ochsner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — John E. Craig, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of defendant’s negligence in failing to keep properly guarded in defendant’s place of business an entrance to an elevator shaft. Cause tried to a jury resulting iri. a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. Defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graff, J.
— This is an action to recover for personal injuries. The scene of the accident giving rise to the alleged damages was an elevator shaft located in the rear of defendant’s garage and opening upon an alleyway. The opening to the elevator shaft was guarded by double doors and when closed barred access thereto from the alley!
The negligence charged by the plaintiff at the time and place of the accident is in three particulars: (1) in permitting the elevator platform to be at the third floor of the building and leaving open the shaft at its entrance from the alley; (2) that there was no light…
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