BIAS v. MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR CO.

No. 47,436

216 Kan. 341 (1975)

532 P.2d 1053

JOHN C. BIAS, JR., Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR COMPANY OF KANSAS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Trip Shawver, of Kidwell, O'Keefe & Williamson, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Terry O'Keefe, of the same firm, was on the brief for the appellant.

Donald R. Newkirk, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Larry W. Wall, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

OWSLEY, J.:

The plaintiff, John C. Bias, Jr., brings this action against the defendant, Montgomery Elevator Company of Kansas, Inc., for personal injuries sustained when he was a passenger in a falling elevator at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. Plaintiff relies on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to establish the negligence of defendant who was responsible...

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