United States Fourth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a case involving negligent damage to property is affirmed where the plaintiff produced no evidence of defendants' negligence, but reversed where a property lease imposed liability on defendants for negligent acts of their guests.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/24/2006
• Decided 06/26/2006
• Published 06/27/2006

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Martin P. Duffey, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.  Humes Jefferson Franklin, III, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, P.L.C., Staunton, Virginia;  Caroline D. Bragg, Cattano Law Firm, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  James W. Barkley, Elizabeth M. Ayyildiz, MORIN & BARKLEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.  John P. Cattano, Cattano Law Firm, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee Jennifer Fritz.