Moody v. Able Outdoor, Inc.

BRYANT, Judge.

Able Outdoor, PNE Media Holdings, PNE/Able, and PNE Media, (collectively PNE defendants) appeal from a 14 August 2003 order denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

In February 1999, Frank A. Moody, II (plaintiff) sold his billboard company, Able Outdoor, to PNE. Able Outdoor’s three-year lease to occupy the building owned by plaintiff was assigned to PNE. One of the lease provisions required PNE to maintain fire insurance on the “buildings, improvements, and fixtures” or notify plaintiff in the event insurance coverage ceased. In January 2001, PNE ceased using the leased…