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ANTONIO v. SSA SEC., INC.

No. 13-1031.

749 F.3d 227 (2014)

Joseph ANTONIO; Bulan Jules-Antonio; Michael Clark; Carolyn Clark; Thomas Cooper; Angel Fountain-Cooper; Greg Gibbs; Natalie Gibbs; George Haley; Yvonne Haley; Jacque Hightower; Dawn Hightower; Khari Jackson; Belinda Jackson; Harold Jewett; Cynthia Jewett; Michael Johnson; Crystal Johnson; Jagath Kankanamage; Keth Kankanamage; Keith Robinson; Takeysha Robinson; Everton Rowe; Beverly Rowe; Erik Smith; Sharon Smith; Leonard Swoopes; Evora Swoopes; Kendall Walker; Samantha Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Derrick Potts; Terri Rookard, Plaintiffs. v. SSA SECURITY, INC., d/b/a Security Services of America, Defendant-Appellee, and Jeremy Daniel Parady; Patrick Stephen Walsh; Michael McIntosh Everhart; Roy Thomas McCann; Security Services of America, LLC; ABM Industries, Inc.; Aaron Lee Speed, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ruthanne Mary Deutsch , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Gary Alvin Bryant , Willcox & Savage, PC, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Isabelle M. Thabault , Megan Whyte , Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Steven H. Schulman , Joseph L. Decker , Maka Y. Hutson , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Joseph P. Moriarty , J. David Crain , Willcox & Savage, PC, Norfolk, Virginia; Gerry H. Tostanoski , Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part and question certified to the Court of Appeals of Maryland by published order. Judge FLOYD directed entry of the order with the concurrence of Judge King and Judge WYNN.

ORDER

FLOYD, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of one of the largest residential arsons in Maryland history. See Michael E. Ruane & Joshua Partlow, No Motive Found in Charles Arsons; Eco-Terrorism, Racism Considered, Wash. Post, Dec. 8, 2004, at B1. Appellants (Homebuyers) contracted to purchase homes that were later damaged or destroyed due to the arsons. Following the arsons, the Homebuyers brought suit against a company that provided...

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