Houck v. Samuel Geltman & Co.

This is an appeal from an order entering summary judgment in favor of a defendant landowner who allegedly failed to protect his invitee from a dangerous condition existing on adjacent land. After careful review, we affirm.

On June 16, 1986, at or about 12:30 a.m., Thomas R. Houck, an Allentown policeman, responded to a complaint that trespassers were in the swimming pool at Allen Garden Apartments, an apartment complex managed by Samuel Geltman & Company. Upon arrival, Houck observed and pursued several individuals as they ran from the pool and entered a wooded area on adjoining land. When…