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GREET v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 3083.

187 A.2d 896 (1963)

Gertrude GREET, Appellant, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, a corporation, and the Virginia Hotel Company, a corporation, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolland G. Lamensdorf, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Joseph S. McCarthy, Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph P. Clancy, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Otis Elevator Co.

James C. Gregg, Washington, D.C., with whom Hugh Lynch, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Virginia Hotel Co.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Appellant was an employee of a tenant in an office building known as the Wyatt Building and owned by The Virginia Hotel Company. She brought this action against the building owner and Otis Elevator Company for damages suffered when the doors of an automatic elevator in the building struck her as she was entering it.

The building has four elevators which were formerly manually operated. On July 7, 1958, the building owner contracted with...

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