JC Penney Co., Inc. v. Wesolek
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Presiding Judge.
Ruth Wesolek fell on a down escalator in a J.C. Penney (Penney) department store when the handrails stopped moving in sequence with the steps. Ruth sued Penney and Early Elevator Company (Early), the company responsible for the installation and the maintenance of Penney’s escalators, for their negligence. She sued the manufacturer of the escalator, Montgomery Elevator Company (Montgomery), in strict tort liability. Early successfully moved for judgment on the evidence at the *1151close of Ruth’s case; the jury returned a verdict for Penney and Montgomery. The trial court…
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