HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Opening arguments are under way in a trial brought by eight people who were injured when a Giants Stadium escalator malfunctioned four years ago.
The trial started Monday in state Superior Court in Hackensack in a lawsuit brought against the company that maintained the escalator and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which operated Giants Stadium.
The escalator malfunctioned as fans were leaving a New York Giants game against the New England Patriots on Dec. 29, 2007.
An attorney for the plaintiffs says one person lost a leg and another has had more than a dozen operations on his foot.
Inspectors said after the accident that the escalator appeared to have sped up, then stopped suddenly, causing some of the bottom steps to bend.
