Giles v. City of New Haven

The plaintiff appeals from a directed verdict, granted by the trial court at the close of the plaintiffs case, in favor of the defendant Otis Elevator Company1 in an action for personal injuries, claiming that the trial court improperly directed a verdict for the defendant.2 The sole issue of the appeal is whether the trial court should have concluded, as a matter of law, that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur could be applied, and, therefore, that the case should have been submitted to the jury. We conclude that the court should have done so, and, therefore, that it was improper for the…