A MAGISTRATE yesterday lost her claim for damages and was ordered to pay £5,000 costs, after she was hurt when lift doors suddenly closed on her.
Moira James, a member of the bench at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court, was injured when doors shut suddenly as she stepped into a lift in the building on February 7, 2000.
Miss James had sought damages from Middlesbrough Council, which is responsible for the court building, and Otis, the owner of the lift and the company responsible for maintaining it.
District Judge John Bailey, dismissing the case, said he found neither defendant had acted negligently and that work carried out on the lift was satisfactory.
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