Lynch v. McStome & Lincoln Plaza Associates

BECK, Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant, Clare Lynch, sued McStome and Lincoln Plaza Associates, Montgomery Elevator Company and General Elevator Company, Inc. on negligence grounds for injuries she received at Oxford Valley Mall when the escalator upon which she was riding allegedly came to a sudden and abrupt stop. Plaintiff did not assert a strict liability claim against any of the defendants.

The escalator was manufactured by Montgomery Elevator Company (hereinafter “Montgomery”) in 1973. In that same year, the escalator was purchased by McStome and Lincoln Plaza Associates (hereinafter “the…