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Man stuck in lift seeks US$25mn

The editor of Business Week magazine, Nicholas White, got stuck in a lift – for 40 hours – when he went to take a smoking break. Guards failed to answer alarms or notice him on the security video. Three weeks later he has still not returned to work and is ‘feeling the effects of that emotional experience’, according to his lawyer.

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