Schuman v. Greenbelt Homes, Inc.

A Mills Brothers hit from the 1980’s asks the musical question:

Where do they go,

The smoke rings I blow each night?

Oh, what do they do,

Those circles of blue and white?

This litigation stems in large part from a neighbor’s unhappiness with the ultimate location of such secondhand tobacco smoke.

Appellant David S. Schuman sued his cooperative housing association, Greenbelt Homes, Inc. (“GHI”), for breach of the implied covenant of quiet enjoyment and negligence. He also sued his neighbors, Darko and Svetlana Popovic, for breach of contract, nuisance, trespass, and negligence. Schuman’s claims…