Anna S. Griffen, as Administratrix of Walter H. Griffen, Deceased, Respondent v. William De Forest Manice, Appellant

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's judgment and remanded for a new trial, holding that the jury could infer negligence from the elevator accident under res ipsa loquitur, that the building owner owed only reasonable care in maintaining the elevator, and that the lease clause exempting the landlord did not bar liability to the tenant's employee.