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SPRIGGS v. LEVITT & SONS, INC.

[No. 127, September Term, 1972.]

267 Md. 679 (1973)

298 A.2d 442

SPRIGGS ET UX. v. LEVITT & SONS, INC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed February 13, 1973.

Denied February 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harleigh P. Ewell, with whom were Robert H. Law and Law & Ewell on the brief, for appellants.

Leo Wm. Dunn, Jr., with whom were Nylen & Gilmore on the brief, for Levitt & Sons, Inc., part of appellees. Alan John Leidecker, Associate County Attorney, with whom were Walter H. Maloney, Jr., County Attorney, Harry L. Durity and John R. Barr, Associate County Attorneys, on the brief, for Prince George's County, another appellee. Frank W. Wilson, Special Attorney, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Nolan H. Rogers, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Carl Harrison Lehmann, Special Attorney, on the brief, for State Highway Administration, other appellee.

The cause was argued before BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES and LEVINE, JJ.

SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Sick at heart and outraged when a nearby stream overflowed its banks and flooded their home after a heavy rain on July 26, 1969, appellants, Mr. and Mrs. James Spriggs (the Spriggs), a year and a half later through counsel apparently trained a shotgun in the nature of a suit for damages against anyone and everyone who might conceivably have any possible liability for their loss...

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