Plaintiff alleges that he sustained injury when the hydraulically-operated elevator in which he was riding descended below the level of the basement floor and contacted the buffers, causing it to stop abruptly. Defendant maintenance company had the exclusive contract to maintain and repair all elevators in the New York Helmsley Hotel, where plaintiff was employed. The other occupant of the elevator, Cesar Benoit, who was not injured, testified that the elevator was not going...
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