Hagerstown Elderly Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Hagerstown Elderly Building Associates Ltd. Partnership

Appellant, Hagerstown Elderly Associates Limited Partnership, is the owner of a public housing facility in Hagerstown, Maryland known as Elizabeth Court. On or about October 14, 1995, a portion of an exterior wall of the eleven-story building fell to the ground. A year later, on October 16, 1996, appellant filed suit in the Circuit Court for Washington County against appellees Hagerstown Elderly Building Associates (HEBA), the contractor that erected the building, and Seaboard Surety Company (Seaboard), the surety on the performance bond filed by HEBA in connection with that construction, to…