Farley v. Yerman

Questions of the negligence of a landlord, the defendant, of causation and of the contributory negligence of the tenant, a plaintiff, of his wife and their infant child, who was burned severely by flames from a gas log in the rented house, all are presented for decision in this case, in which the trial judge directed a verdict for the landlord.

The triers of fact could have found the following from the testimony: Mr. and Mrs. Farley rented a house in Baltimore from the defendant Yerman in October 1960. The furnace was defective or inadequate and did not furnish sufficient heat. There was a gas…