{"id":506,"date":"2013-10-29T07:06:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boutroslaw.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:54:32","slug":"elevator-brakes-found-at-fault-in-downtown-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boutroslaw.com\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"Elevator Brakes Found at Fault in Downtown Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 18, 2009, 9:58PM<\/p>\n<p>A faulty emergency brake system caused two accidents in a downtown office building that left two injured, one seriously, in recent months, the building&#8217;s owner said Wednesday. Governors part of the emergency stopping system malfunctioned in two elevator cabs at the 717 Texas building, Adam Rose, property manager for Hines, said in an e-mail sent to tenants and forwarded to the Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah DeRouen suffered critical injuries Dec. 9 when an elevator at the 717 Texas building at Texas and Milam the former Calpine Tower fell from the 27th floor to the 23rd floor.<\/p>\n<p>Carleen Naumann, a sales representative for Besco Tubular, was injured Jan. 12 when an elevator dropped from the 27th to the 25th floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 18, 2009, 9:58PM A faulty emergency brake system caused two accidents in a downtown office building that left two injured, one seriously, in recent\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boutroslaw.com\/?p=506\" class=\"read-more-link\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-done","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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