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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY v. JACKSON

No. 20426.

325 F.2d 260 (1963)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Emma L. JACKSON and Willie C. Jackson, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L. Weinberg, Jr., Thomas J. Long Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

R. Beverly Irwin, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

Emma L. Jackson was employed by the Georgian Terrace Hotel in Atlanta as an elevator operator. She sued appellant Otis Elevator Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when an elevator being operated by her descended at an inordinate rate of speed, and stopped only after reaching the lower limit, that is to say the pit, of the elevator shaft. Her husband, the other appellee here, also sued to recover medical expenses, and damages...

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