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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY v. WOOD

No. B-535.

436 S.W.2d 324 (1968)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Lou Mae WOOD et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey, Williams, Weber & Allums, James A. Williams, Dallas, for petitioner.

Dunnam, Dunnam & Dunnam, W. V. Dunnam, Jr., Richey, Sheehy, Teeling & Cureton, J. Robert Sheehy, Waco, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Justice.

This is a personal injury action brought by W. P. Wood and his wife Lou Mae Wood for injuries sustained by Mrs. Wood in an escalator accident in the R. E. Cox department store in Waco. The defendants were (1) the Otis Elevator Company, which manufactured and allegedly designed the handrail and housing of the escalator; (2) the Cox Company; and (3) the Smith Building Company, which had been the general...

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