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OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. REID

No. 15767.

706 P.2d 1378 (1985)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Richard E. REID, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beasley, Hamilton & Holden, Reno, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins and David N. Frederick, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Warren W. Goedert, Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict which awarded respondent $317,500.00 in damages for injuries sustained in an elevator accident.

THE FACTS

On October 14, 1980, respondent Richard Reid was riding in an elevator manufactured and exclusively maintained by appellant Otis Elevator Company (Otis) when the elevator's overspeed safety switch tripped, causing the elevator to stop two to three feet above...

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