White v. Milner Hotels, Inc.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in plaintiff’s personal injury action and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was a guest at defendant’s hotel. She took the automatic elevator to go to her room. At plaintiff’s floor the elevator stopped about four inches above the floor level. She stepped out, fell and was injured.

The defendant knew the elevator frequently stopped above the floor level. When it did the’ defendant called *630a serviceman to adjust the elevator so it would stop more nearly level with the floor.

The plaintiff charged the defendant was negligent: “(1) In failing to maintain,…