Strobel v. Park

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

The deceased, on his way to an office where he was employed, was a passenger on an elevator owned and operated by defendant. The car or cage in which he was riding was of the arc or curved type, number six in the series of elevators. It was used for freight and passenger service. The chief difference between this and other elevators in the building was that the whole front of the cage facing the floor landings was entirely open and unprotected, there being no collapsible safety gate or other protection. The two sides and the rear of this elevator, as well as the…