The firm achieved a $410,000 settlement for a 40-year-old superintendent who suffered fractured back vertebrae in a fall caused by a defective elevator in an office building. The investigation of the accident revealed that the elevator maintenance company failed to inspect and maintain a safety interlock on the elevator causing the malfunction. Elevator safety interlocks are designed to prevent elevator doors from opening when the elevator cab is not present on the floor, misleveling, excessive speed, and other malfunctions.