CARSON v. WESTON HOTEL CORP.

Gen. No. 45,339.

342 Ill. App. 602 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 620

Erskine B. Carson, Appellant, v. Weston Hotel Corporation et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication April 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CLARENCE M. DUNAGAN, of Chicago, for appellant.

CLARE J. MURPHY, of Chicago, for certain appellee; T.F. SULLIVAN, of Chicago, of counsel.

ANDREW D. COLLINS, of Chicago, for certain appellees.

SHERWIN & SHERWIN, of Chicago, for certain appellees; JULIUS L. SHERWIN and THEODORE R. SHERWIN, both of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action to recover damages for injuries suffered when an elevator cable broke and the passenger elevator in which plaintiff, a resident of the hotel, was riding, fell. The third amended complaint named as defendant in Count I the Hotel Corporation on whose premises the accident occurred; in Count II, the Otis Elevator Company, manufacturer of the elevator; in Count III, the Wire Rope Corporation...

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