WALDEN v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.


178 A.D.2d 878 (1991)

Carl Walden, Respondent-Appellant, v. Otis Elevator Company, Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 31, 1991


Harvey, J.

This action stems from allegations from plaintiff that he sustained severe injuries to his back on September 8, 1982 as a result of a malfunction of an elevator in the Veterinarian Research Tower at Cornell University. According to plaintiff, he entered the elevator in question on the sixth floor; from there the elevator fell and came to a sudden stop, rose a distance, and then fell and came to a second sudden stop. It then rose and eventually...

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