Legal Opinion
McMillian v. Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 29, 2009No. 07-3370PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Wilhemina McMillian, Lillie Tucker, Clarence Pennywell and Zerline Pennywell, brought this action seeking damages for injuries that they sustained when an escalator, located in the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers (“Sheraton”) 1 and maintained by Otis Elevator Company (“Otis”), allegedly malfunctioned. Prior to trial, the district court granted the defendants’ motion in limine to exclude evidence of injuries sustained by others on the escalators at the Sheraton. The plaintiffs admitted that, without this evidence, they could not survive a motion for…
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