News that an elevator at the Criminal Justice Center malfunctioned the morning of Aug. 4, causing injuries to two people and a shutdown of the building, came as a surprise to many, but according to attorneys, the elevators in the Center City criminal courthouse have been a problem since the day the structure opened.
On Aug. 4, a restricted-access employee elevator used primarily by judges broke through the ceiling of the elevator shaft at the CJC’s penthouse, and, as the elevator went through the ceiling, debris fell onto a second elevator in the same shaft. The incident sent a court employee and a sheriff’s deputy to the hospital, and court operations at the building were shut down through the end of Aug. 5.
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