City of Ashburn v. Ivie Mini Warehouses, Inc.

Blackwell, Judge.

Ivie Mini Warehouses, Inc. owns a building in the City of Ashburn, and this building was damaged when a brick wall, which stood on an adjacent parcel of land, collapsed. Ivie sued the owners of the land on which the brick wall had stood, and in the course of discovery, Ivie learned that the City may have prevented the removal of the wall several months before its collapse. Ivie then added the City as a defendant, claiming that the City was negligent when it prevented the removal of the wall. The City moved for summary judgment because, the City said, Ivie failed to give…