Sanders v. Naes Central, Inc.

I disagree with the majority’s application of res ipsa loquitur law. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

*262Background

On August 16, 2010, Sanders was in a building with an elevator maintained by Amtech, Sanders entered the elevator on the second or third floor. Sanders alleges that the elevator fell to a few feet below the first floor. He was taken to the hospital and claims he was injured as a result of the fall.

Sanders filed suit in 2012, alleging negligence. Later, Amtech filed a no-evidence motion for summary judgment, identifying three elements of Sanders’s negligence claim that it asserted…