Jett v. Old National Bank Building Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered June 24, 1913, granting defendant a new trial unless plaintiff remitted $3,500, after the verdict of a jury for $6,000 for personal injuries sustained in a fall down an elevator shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action was to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to be caused by negligence chargeable to the defendant.
On the 9th day of August, 1912, the defendant owned and operated, in the city of Spokane, a fifteen-story office and bank building. In this building, were installed elevators operated by electric power. On the date mentioned, the plaintiff entered one of these elevators for the purpose of being conveyed to an upper story in the building. Owing to what he claims was the negligence of the operator of the elevator, he was thrown out of the elevator and…
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- Jett v. Old National Bank Building Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914