Woman injured in plummeting elevator wins $13 million in jury verdict - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: A woman who was left bruised, depressed and with psychological and physical injuries as the result of a bumpy elevator ride has won $13 million in a jury verdict.Janice Beasley was injured in a May 1999 incident in a Jacksonville high rise. According to testimony at her two-week trial, Beasley, 54, experienced a series of falls in an elevator between the 23rd floor and the basement.A mechanic with the Schindler Elevator Corp., the building's on-site elevator maintenance firm, handled the malfunctioning elevator, but rather than taking Beasley off the elevator he sent her on to the basement. That caused another series of falls, said Brad Edwards, the woman's Fort Lauderdale attorney.
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