Maust v. Meyers Products, Inc.

John V. Corrigan, Presiding Judge.

Appellants, Meyer Products, Inc. and the Louis Berkman Company (“appellants”), appeal the decision of the trial court wherein summary judgment was granted in favor of appellee, city of Cleveland (“appellee”).

The dispute between the parties arose as a result of a suit filed against appellants. Dora Maust, Administratrix of the Estate of George E. Maust, Jr., filed suit for wrongful death following a fire which occurred in a home rented by the decedent. The complaint alleged that appellants negligently failed to install a fire alarm or smoke detector in the…