B & K Rentals & Sales Co. v. Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.

WILNER, Judge.

Appellant is in the business of supplying scaffolding and seating for public gatherings. In May, 1980, it entered into a lease with appellee to store some of its equipment in appellee’s tobacco warehouse in Anne Arundel County. On April 6, 1985, a fire broke out at the warehouse that destroyed all or most of the equipment appellant had stored there. Believing that the fire was caused by the negligence of appellee and its employees, appellant brought this action for damages in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.

For reasons that we shall shortly discuss, appellant had a…