B & K RENTALS AND SALES CO. v. UNIVERSAL LEAF

No. 135 September Term, 1990.

324 Md. 147 (1991)

596 A.2d 640

B & K RENTALS AND SALES CO., INC. v. UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO CO. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Georgia Lewis Leonhart, Baltimore, for petitioner.

Janet S. Zigler (Albert D. Brault, Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault, all on brief), Rockville, for respondents.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


CHASANOW, Judge.

Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. (Universal), through its subsidiary, Winstead Co., Inc., owned and operated a tobacco warehouse. B & K Rentals and Sales Co., Inc. (B & K) leased a portion of the warehouse to store equipment used in its business of renting scaffolding and seating for public gatherings. A fire broke out at the warehouse destroying most of B & K's equipment. Contending that the negligence of Universal and its employees caused...

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