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SIRMANS v. PENN

588 A.2d 1103 (1991)

Angelia SIRMANS, Individually and as Next Friend of Tiffany S. Sirmans and Priscilla S. Sirmans, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Denzil PENN, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 2, 1991.

As Corrected April 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bayard Marin (argued), Wilmington, for appellants.

Paul M. Lukoff (argued), and Robert H. Sweeney, Jr. of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before HORSEY, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

HORSEY, Justice:

This appeal raises an issue of tort law involving the foreseeability of negligent conduct leading to injury, the cause of which is an intervening criminal act of a third party. Plaintiff Angelia Sirmans, injured without fault when struck by a stolen motor vehicle, sued Denzil Penn, Jr., the owner of the vehicle, for negligence proximately causing her injuries. Following a jury trial verdict for defendant Penn, plaintiff

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