WILLIAMS v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.


409 Pa.Super. 486 (1991)

598 A.2d 302

Joan WILLIAMS v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY and Philadelphia College of Art. Appeal of OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Coleman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert A. Gelinas, Philadelphia, for Williams, appellee.

Cindy J. Baen, Philadelphia, for Philadelphia College of Art, appellee.

Before WIEAND, OLSZEWSKI and BROSKY, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

Joan Williams fell and sustained injury when, on March 5, 1982, the elevator in which she was riding suddenly lurched as she was exiting on the seventeenth floor of the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA). In a subsequent action against PCA and Otis Elevator Company, which had a contract to maintain the elevator, a jury apportioned negligence as follows: Otis — 55%; PCA — 30%; Williams — 15%. The claim against PCA was subsequently...

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