Lawrence v. Snyder

In this negligence case, we consider whether the evidence is sufficient to support a recovery by an occupier of premises who suffered damages as the result of water leaking from a frozen water line on property of adjoining landowners.

Appellee Gerald Snyder, trading as Luray Bowling Lanes, sued appellants Jerry E. Lawrence and Susan B. Lawrence for damages caused by an accumulation of water in property leased by the plaintiff and used for a bowling alley. The plaintiff alleged that defendants, owners of an office building adjacent to the plaintiff’s premises in the Town of Luray, undertook to…