Schindler chief denies liability over fatal 2006 elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - Alfred N. Schindler (L), chairman of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., attends a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. While offering his condolences, Schindler denied criminal responsibility for a 2006 accident in which a teenage boy was killed by a malfunctioning elevator made by the company.

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