Dismissal Of Malfunctioning Elevator Suit Reversed By New Jersey Supreme Court

(July 23, 2018, 6:53 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A plaintiff who was injured when her condominium building’s elevator doors opened and closed on her repeatedly is entitled to a res ipsa inference of negligence because common experience dictates such an occurrence does not happen in the absence of negligence, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled July 17, reversing and remanding a lower court decision (Maureen McDaid v. Aztec West Condominium Association, et al., No. 079325, N.J. Sup., 2018 N.J. LEXIS 922)....

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