Lowrey v. Montgomery Kone, Inc.

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Krystal Lowrey and her husband appeal from summary judgment in Lowrey’s suit to recover damages from an elevator maintenance company for injuries that she sustained in an elevator that descended rapidly and abruptly stopped. Concluding that the trial court erred in precluding Lowrey from relying upon res ipsa loquitur to advance her case, we reverse the summary judgment entered against her. We uphold, however, the trial court’s ruling that defendant Montgomery Kone, Inc., an elevator maintenance company, is not susceptible under the common carrier doctrine to…