OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY v. BOND

No. 16242.

373 S.W.2d 518 (1963)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Doris L. BOND, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Williams; Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin and Hobert Price, Dallas, for appellants.

Bonney & Wade and Minor Morgan, Dallas, for appellee.


BATEMAN, Justice.

Appellee brought this suit for damages against Adolphus Tower Building, herein sometimes called "the Building", and Otis Elevator Company, herein sometimes called "Otis", alleging that while riding as a passenger in an automatic elevator in the Adolphus Tower Building, intending to descend to the lobby floor, the elevator descended very rapidly in what was described as a free fall causing her to be thrown to the floor of the elevator and injuring...

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