Burbach v. Investors Management Corp. International

I respectfully dissent and adhere to this court’s original majority opinion, an opinion I authored and one in which Judge Shaw, then the senior associate judge of this court, fully concurred. I have altered that opinion somewhat, making it a dissenting opinion. It immediately follows.

Guenter and Karen S. Burbach brought this action against their residential landlords, Investors Management Corpora*500tion International (IMC) and Hoflang Industries. The landlords appeal the jury’s verdict against them.

In January, 1991, the Burbachs executed a one-year lease for a house owned by Hoflang. The…