FERGUSON v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

No. 81-190, 81-850.

408 So.2d 659 (1981)

Beverly FERGUSON and Emanuel Edelstein and George Goldblum d/b/a MG Investments, Appellants, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pelzner, Schwedock, Finkelstein & Klausner and Joseph J. Finkelstein, McCormick, Bedford & Backmeyer and Thomas E. Backmeyer, Miami, for appellants.

Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and James C. Blecke, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.


BARKDULL, Judge.

Beverly Ferguson, an employee of a tenant in a building owned by M.G. Investments, entered the cab of an automatic elevator on the tenth floor. The elevator started down, picked up speed and came to a sudden stop at the sixth floor, due to the third strata of emergency stopping devices. The stop was abrupt, like a "bomb going off in the building". The plaintiff was thrown to the floor of the elevator cab, suffering injuries.

Ferguson brought...

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