FLOWERS v. ROCK CREEK TERRACE

Nos. 67, 68, September Term, 1985.

308 Md. 432 (1987)

520 A.2d 361

DAVID FLOWERS v. ROCK CREEK TERRACE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ET AL. DAVID FLOWERS v. STING SECURITY, INC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl G. Feissner, Langley Park, and John B. Walsh, Jr., Rockville, for David Flowers.

Wade J. Gallagher (Martell, Donnelly, Gallagher & Kastantin, on brief), Rockville, for Rock Creek Terrace Ltd. Partnership et al.

Robert L. Ferguson, Jr. (Daniel Karp, and Allen, Thieblot & Alexander, on brief), Baltimore, for Sting Security, Inc.

Bernard J. Harig (Patrick James Attridge, on brief), Rockville, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

David Flowers, a volunteer fireman, sustained severe injuries when he fell twelve stories down an open elevator shaft while responding to a fire in an apartment building. Flowers sued the building owners, the apartment's security guard company, and the elevator manufacturer, alleging in general a failure to maintain the property in a safe condition. The defendants demurred, contending that Flowers's claim was barred by the so-called fireman's rule...

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