OTIS ELEVATOR CO. v. CHAMBLISS

Nos. BL-401, BN-70.

511 So.2d 412 (1987)

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lelia CHAMBLISS and Avon Chambliss, Her Husband, Appellees. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Heath of Field, Granger, Santry & Mitchell, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant, Otis Elevator Co.

Thomas L. Powell of Douglass, Cooper & Coppins, Tallahassee, for appellees Lelia and Avon Chambliss.

Roy T. Rhodes, Tallahassee, for appellee, Sears, Roebuck & Co.


NIMMONS, Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, Otis Elevator Company (Otis) appeals from (1) a final judgment in favor of the Chambliss', who were the plaintiffs below, against Otis and Sears, Roebuck & Company (Sears), who were the defendants below, and (2) a final judgment in favor of Sears on its cross claim for indemnity against Otis. We reverse both judgments.

On October 2, 1982, Mrs. Chambliss injured her elbow when she fell on an escalator in a Sears...

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