Barnes v. Otis Elevator Co.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Sarah Barnes appeals the district court’s decision granting Otis Elevator Company’s (“Otis”) motion for summary judgment. Barnes, a nurse’s aide at a hospital, claims that she suffered injuries arising from her exposure to a noxious odor at work. Barnes alleges that the odor emanated from an elevator shaft on her floor, and that the products used that day by Otis employees to clean the elevator cables in that shaft were the source of the odor that caused her injuries.

For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the district court’s decision granting Otis…