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Elevator

Elizabeth G. Kastner Joseph C. Bellard

The Appellate Division, 1st Dept. affirmed the decision of Justice Brigantti-Hughes which granted our summary judgment Cross- Motion for dismissal of elevator accident claim. Plaintiff fell down elevator shaft when he exited stalled elevator stuck between floors. The court agreed that plaintiff’s act was an unforeseeable, superseding cause of his accident.