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WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATOR CO. v. HERRON

514 Pa. 252 (1987)

523 A.2d 723

WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Alice HERRON, Trustees of C.I. Mortgage Group United Elevator Company, Binswanger-Herman Company, Competitive Building Maintenance Corporation, Imperial Elevator Company and American Building Maintenance, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 30, 1987.

Reargument Denied June 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Smolens, Philadelphia, for appellant.

James E. Beasley, Philadelphia, for Alice Herron.

Charles W. Craven, Philadelphia, for C.I. Mortg. Group & Binswanger-Herman Co.

G. Wayne Renneisen, Philadelphia, for Imperial Elevator Co.

Paul J. Senesky, Philadelphia, for United Elevator Co.

Jonathan D. Herbst, Philadelphia, for Competitive Bldg. Maint. Corp.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On August 8, 1978, Alice Herron, plaintiff in the action which underlies this appeal, was injured when an elevator in which she was riding dropped two feet as it approached the seventh floor of the UGI Building in Philadelphia, throwing Ms. Herron into the seventh floor lobby. Ms. Herron brought an action against Trustees of C.I. Mortgage Group, the building owners, Westinghouse Elevator Company, the manufacturer of...

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