LORD v. J.B. IVEY & COMPANY

No. BI-461.

499 So.2d 12 (1986)

Mary P. LORD and Carol Lord, Her Husband, Appellants, v. J.B. IVEY & COMPANY and Otis Elevator Co., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. Coker and Daniel C. Shaughnessy of Coker, Myers & Shcickel, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellants.

Dennis R. Schutt of Mathews, Osborne, McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb, Jacksonville, for appellee J.B. Ivey & Company.

Christopher A. White of Neder & White, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee Otis Elevator Co.


PER CURIAM.

The Lords appeal a final judgment entered on an adverse jury verdict in their action for personal injuries sustained when an escalator, maintained by Otis Elevator Company and located in Ivey's department store, stopped suddenly. They raise four points on appeal.

The first point contends that the trial court erred in declining to give, at plaintiffs' request, Florida Standard Jury Instruction 4.6 on res ipsa loquitur. Appellee Otis states that...

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