Statkunas v. L. Promboim & Son Inc.

The plaintiff was injured by falling into an unguarded elevator well in a building, which was owned by Jacob and Louis Promboim, and was leased by them to *517a corporation, L. Promboim & Son Inc. The plaintiff was a tenant in a neighboring building, also owned by Jacob and Louis Promboim. She brought suit in tort making the corporation and the individuals Jacob and Louis Promboim defendants; and alleging that the defendants as owners of the building in which she was a tenant and as owners or lessees of a factory building in the rear maintained a clothesline from the first to the second building;…