PARKER v. ELCO ELEVATOR CORP.

Record No. 942042.

462 S.E.2d 98 (1995)

Ronnie D. PARKER v. ELCO ELEVATOR CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence F. Stanback, Jr., for appellant.

Michael J. Garnier (Garnier & Garnier, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY, HASSELL, and KEENAN, JJ.


LACY, Justice.

In this negligence action, we review the rulings made by the trial court initially sustaining the defendant's pre-trial motion in limine and culminating in the entry of an order granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment.

Ronnie D. Parker was riding in an elevator when it began to descend at an excessive rate of speed, actuating a multispeed governor which stopped the elevator abruptly. As a result of the incident, Parker claimed that...

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