SOUTHEAST APARTMENTS MANAGEMENT v. JACKMAN

Record No. 981000.

513 S.E.2d 395 (1999)

257 Va. 256

SOUTHEAST APARTMENTS MANAGEMENT, INC., et al. v. Kimberly M. JACKMAN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph C. DuVall (Pender & Coward, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellants.

Samuel R. Brown, II, Virginia Beach, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this tort action, we consider whether the trial court erred in ruling that a jury question was presented on a tenant's claims that an owner of leased premises breached either its duty to exercise reasonable care in the hiring of its employee, the tortfeasor, or its duty to exercise reasonable care in the retention of the employee.

On July 27, 1996, appellee Kimberly M. Jackman was a tenant in...

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