Legal Opinion
Parr v. McDade
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 1974No. 2-1072A87PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
Mr. and Mrs. Parr, owners of an apartment house (owners), appeal from a $50,000.00 judgment rendered against them on a jury verdict in favor of Roosevelt McDade, a tenant who was injured when he jumped from his second floor apartment to escape a fire which had originated in an apartment occupied by owners’ resident manager. The fire was concentrated in a children’s bedroom being heated by an open-flame gas space heater which the resident manager had told Mr. Parr was dangerous. He had promised, but failed, to replace it with a hot water radiator.
Finding no reversible error we affirm.
A proper…
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