The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.
Although the words "strictly liable" appear in plaintiff's complaint, there was no request to charge on such a theory nor was plaintiff's motion for a directed verdict made on any such ground. Moreover, there is no proof that the elevator was defective when it left defendants' hands, an essential of a strict liability cause of action. That...
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