Yaniger v. Calvert Bldg. & Construction Co.

This is a suit for damages brought on behalf of the appellant because of the appellee’s alleged negligence in failing to provide safeguards at a window in its office building through which the appellant fell and sustained severe injuries. A demurrer to the amended declaration was sustained, without leave to further amend, and it is from this ruling that the plaintiff has appealed.

The suit is based upon the following allegations of fact: The defendant on August 2, 1940, was the owner of the office building known as the “Equitable Building” in Baltimore City and invited and permitted the…