Plaintiff commenced this negligence action against the building owner, the elevator service company that maintained the elevator pursuant to a contract, and the manufacturer that built the elevator's safety lock. Plaintiff, an elevator operator, maintained that a safety lock on the lobby elevator shaftway door malfunctioned so as to allow him to fall into the shaftway and fracture a femur. Following the trial court's refusal to give a res ipsa charge with respect to...
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