[demkicker]

This is a HUGE lawsuit in the making. And how come elevator door motors are strong enough to decapitate???

Amen, brother. I can't imagine how this happened. The whole thing went haywire I suppose, and the elevator took off extremely fast to have severed his head.

[supercat]

The whole thing went haywire I suppose, and the elevator took off extremely fast to have severed his head.

What makes you think that? To be sure, having at least three safety switches fail isn't exactly normal operation, but I expect the motor was simply lifting the car as it is designed to do. Elevator motors produce a lot of force, since they have to be able to lift heavy loads.