HARBOUR ENTERPRISES, INC. v. FERRO

Record No. 821754.

340 S.E.2d 818 (1986)

HARBOUR ENTERPRISES, INC. v. James J. FERRO.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Lyle, Jr. (Pickett, Lyle, Siegel, Drescher & Croshaw, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

William A. Cox, III (Kellam, Pickrell & Lawler, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellee.

Present: COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

The narrow issue in this appeal is whether a landlord is vicariously liable to his tenant's business invitee for personal injuries resulting from an assault by the tenant's employee, where the landlord permitted a liquor license in its name to remain posted on the demised premises.

On July 28, 1980, about 11:00 p.m., appellee James J. Ferro was injured while entering an outdoor patio lounge, a part of the Ivanhoe Hotel situated on the Virginia...

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