Taylor v. City of Kansas City

NUGENT, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Ted R. Taylor appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendant City of Kansas City.

We reverse and remand.

On September 2,1983, Ted R. Taylor was injured while he was riding on an elevator in property owned by the defendant, City of Kansas City. Mr. Taylor was moving vegetables from one floor to another at the request of his employer, who leased the building from its owner, the defendant city. The city’s building code requires a riding gate on all elevators that carry passengers, and the city, while leasing the building, was responsible for…