MARTIN v. KILAUEA PROPERTIES, LLC

No. COA10-1146.

715 S.E.2d 210 (2011)

Stephanie T. MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. KILAUEA PROPERTIES, LLC, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pritchett & Burch, PLLC, Windsor, by Lloyd C. Smith, Jr. , and S. Adam Stallings , for plaintiff-appellant.

Johnson, Lambeth, & Brown, Wilmington, by Maynard M. Brown , for defendant-appellee.


BRYANT, Judge.

Where a landlord lacks knowledge of a hazardous condition created on his leased premises by his tenant, he cannot be held liable for harm caused to third parties by that condition. Therefore, we affirm the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment.

Facts and Procedural History

On 19 January 2005, defendant, Kilauea Properties, Inc., purchased a residence at 400 Spartanburg Ave., Carolina Beach, New Hanover...

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