Elevator Maintenance Company Named In Multiple Lawsuits
The attorneys at Omrani & Taub have been following and posting updates on a case regarding a young advertising executive who was killed when trapped by the elevator at her Manhattan office building. Transel Elevator, Inc., the company who was servicing that same elevator only hours before her death, was named in an unrelated lawsuit this week, regarding yet another elevator accident, this time at the New York’s Plaza hotel.
According to Bloomberg, a housekeeper at the hotel was injured in an elevator accident when the freight elevator she was on came to a sudden stop. The unexpected and “violent” stop is being blamed for fractures in one of the housekeeper’s feet. Transel Elevator, Inc. is said to have been responsible for maintenance and upkeep of the elevator and all of those at the Plaza.
This latest suit is said to mark one of many that have been filed against the company for elevator accidents around the city. The company works in construction, maintenance and repair of both commercial and residential elevators.
While the New York City Department of Buildings is already investigating the company for their work on the Manhattan elevator accident, they are also inspecting other elevators that Transel is responsible for throughout the city, according to a spokesperson for the department.
There was another elevator accident that occurred when a man stepped through the elevator door and fell into the shaft, more than 20 feet down into the concrete landing. One woman sued last April saying she too was injured by a Transel-maintained elevator that posed a dangerous situation.
Transel Elevator, Inc. is understandable keeping quiet and refusing to comment to the media at this time. They did deny those former two complaints, however, asking that the one issued by the man who fell be dismissed altogether.
Generally, we take it for granted that when we step into an elevator, we will be carried safely to our destinations, not injured in an elevator accident or worse-killed. If a company provides elevators, there is also the expectation that they will provide safe elevators. If it can be determined that they were negligent in providing such a safe environment, they can be held responsible for any elevator accidents that occur as a result of that negligence.
The personal injury attorneys at Omrani & Taub are dedicated to helping people who have been hurt in elevator accidents and other premises liability accidents, where you are hurt on someone else’s property due to their negligence. If you’ve been involved in an elevator accident we may be able to help you. We don’t get paid until you do. Call (212) 529-7848 (that’s 212-LAW-SUIT) now to speak with an experienced premises liability attorney at Omrani & Taub, P.C.
