GRIFFITHS v. DURST ORGANIZATION INC.

2020, 301728/11.

143 A.D.3d 610 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06965

39 N.Y.S.3d 458

ENID GRIFFITHS et al., Respondents, v. THE DURST ORGANIZATION INC. et al., Respondents, and NOUVEAU ELEVATOR, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 25, 2016.


Plaintiff alleges that she was injured when an elevator in which she was riding suddenly descended. Plaintiff testified that after the elevator's doors closed on the 40th floor, it started "dropping fast and shaking violently" until it came to an abrupt stop on the 29th floor, making a loud noise, as though a bomb had gone off. There is significant evidence showing that a similar accident occurred 12 days earlier involving the same elevator.

Nouveau's motion was correctly...

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