State Ex Rel. Chaparro v. Wilkes

NEELY, Justice.

The personal injury action underlying this prohibition proceeding was filed by Maurilio and Susan Chaparro on 19 February 1993 in the Circuit Court of Berkeley County. Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro alleged that on 30 December 1992 they were injured when arsonists used gasoline to ignite the building where Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro were visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro claimed that their injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of and a breach of a warranty of habitability by Dennis and Darla Grove, co-owners of the building. Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro further alleged that their…