The basic facts are uncontroverted. Plaintiff was employed by third-party defendant as a mechanic conducting elevator renovation services for defendant owner. Plaintiff, while in the bottom of the elevator pit, was testing whether the moving elevator would clear an angle iron or a bracket he had installed in the elevator shaft approximately four feet from the bottom of the pit. To do so, he activated a "run station," or a remote control box, to move the elevator into place...
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