Judgment unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly submitted the case to the jury on the theory of res ipsa loquitur. The evidence establishes that the erratic operation of the elevator would not normally have occurred in the absence of improper maintenance, which the jury could have determined was within the exclusive control of defendant Otis Elevator Company (see, Rogers v Dorchester Assocs.,
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