65 Wash. App. 112 - Murphy v. Montgomery Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 114 Wash. 2d 42 - Howell v. Spokane & Inland Empire Blood Bank · 73 Ill. 2d 31 - Jardine v. Rubloff · 62 Wash. 2d 351 - Horner v. NORTHERN PAC. ETC. HOSP., INC. · 79 Wash. 2d 586 - Zukowsky v. Brown · 64 Wash. 2d 431 - Dabroe v. Rhodes Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[b]ecause [the building owner] retained some control over the elevators, and because its contract with [defendant] was only a limited service contract, [defendant] did not have exclusive control of the elevators.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“periodically inspect[ed the defendant's] work, look[ed] at the elevator and elevator rooms to insure they were in proper order, and occasionally watch[ed the defendant] service the elevators.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]f a part needed replacement [the repairman] would go to [the building owner] for authorization....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.