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LISSMANN v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

No. 87-3140.

848 F.2d 50 (1988)

Dieter LISSMANN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arness (Jamie M. Bennett, Michele S. Harrington, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., Frank B. Miller, III, S. Vernon Priddy, III, John B. Catlett, Jr., Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Orran L. Brown, Sr. (Michael W. Smith, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Douglas W. Davis, Cheryl G. Ragsdale, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and MACKENZIE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Dieter Lissmann, in 1981 purchased the Plantation House, which is located on the east side of the United States Courthouse annex in Richmond, Virginia. Lissmann sued the seller of the building and others asserting claims that the agreements related to the sale had been breached. Thereafter an internal wall of the Plantation House collapsed on November 11, 1983, whereupon Lissmann amended his suit to add a claim for damages...

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