Morrill Hall resident Dennis Robinson was killed in an elevator accident in the residence hall on March 14, 1976. Robinson was killed when he apparently pried open the doors of the stopped elevator and attempted to jump through the open doors to the floor below. He fell about 60 feet down the shaft. Robinson’s mother, Margaret Robinson, brought a $2 million lawsuit against two elevator companies—Dover Corporation and GAL Manufacturing—and UT. The university settled out of court, and a jury decided in favor of the elevator companies at the trial.