HODGES v. ROYAL REALTY CORP.


42 A.D.3d 350 (2007)

839 N.Y.S.2d 499

MINDY HODGES et al., Respondents, v. ROYAL REALTY CORP., Appellant, and SCHINDLER ELEVATOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided July 12, 2007.


Plaintiff alleges that on August 2, 2000, after she entered an elevator on the building's 14th floor, the doors closed, she heard a loud crash from above and the elevator suddenly started to fall. The emergency brakes attempted to engage at least three times until the elevator came to an abrupt halt on the 10th floor, and plaintiff, as a result, was injured.

The building is owned by the Durst Corporation and managed by defendant Royal Realty Corp. The service contract...

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