WOLPERT v. WASH. SQUARE OFFICE CTR.

No. 89-167.

555 So.2d 382 (1989)

Michael WOLPERT, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON SQUARE OFFICE CENTER, a Florida Partnership and Miami Elevator Company, a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtney & Webb, Daniels and Hicks and Patrice A. Talisman, Miami, for appellant.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane and Shelley H. Leinicke, Fort Lauderdale, for Washington Square Office Center.

Lanza, O'Connor, Armstrong, Sinclair & Tunstall, Coral Gables and Catherine B. Parks, Miami, for Miami Elevator Co.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

During presentation of the plaintiff's case at trial, the evidence showed that an automatic elevator, owned and maintained by the defendants, had a momentary interruption of normal operation then dropped, unexplainedly, three floors coming to an abrupt stop approximately two feet below the first-floor level. There was also testimony that the sudden stop caused the plaintiff injuries which were not immediately realized, or caused a delayed aggravation...

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