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HATFIELD v. PALLES

No. 76-1050.

537 F.2d 1245 (1976)

Carlein HATFIELD, a minor over the age of fourteen (14) by her guardian ad litem, Norma B. Hatfield, Appellant, v. Sophia Beleos PALLES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Speights, Columbia, S. C., for appellant.

R. Bruce Shaw, John U. Bell, II, Stephen G. Morrison, Columbia, S. C., (Nelson, Mullins, Grier & Scarborough, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge and MARKEY, Chief Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

MARKEY, Chief Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Summary judgment was based on the view that, as a matter of law, defendant owed no duty to plaintiff. We affirm.

Background

In this diversity action, plaintiff, then age 11, sought damages for severe and permanent injuries sustained on December 17, 1970, from a fire and explosion in a South Carolina building owned by defendant and leased to plaintiff's father.

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