Otis Elevator Co. v. Allen

Mr. Judge Taylor,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This suit arose out of an elevator accident in the Trinity Building, Ft. Worth, in which Charles M. Allen, the building engineer, was crushed and killed and C. G. Thrash, his assistant, was injured. Allen and Thrash were atop the stalled elevator repairing it when A. E. Breeland, Otis Elevator Company mechanic, entered the elevator and turned on the master switch, causing the car to move upward with the result stated. The Trinity Building carried workmen’s compensation insurance covering the building employees,…