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GACEK v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 42554.

185 N.W.2d 542 (1971)

Helen GACEK, et al., Appellants, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Respondent, W. T. Grant Company, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert H. Newman, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Meagher, Geer, Markham & Anderson and M. J. Coyne and Arthur W. Nelson, Minneapolis, for Otis Elevator Co.

Robb, Van Eps & Gilmore and Douglas Dale Reid Jr., Minneapolis, for W. T. Grant.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, OTIS, ROGOSHESKE, and KELLY, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This action arises out of a personal injury sustained on an escalator. The trial court directed verdicts in favor of defendants. The only issue we find necessary to decide is whether the court's refusal to permit an elevator superintendent for the city of Minneapolis to testify was reversible error. We hold that it was.

This accident occurred on December 7, 1963,1 when Mrs. Gacek was riding an escalator...

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