Stalter v. Akers

Otis H. Turner, Justice.

The appellant, Patsi Stalter, owned a house that she leased or rented to Jason and Laura Howard. The appellee, Sandy Akers, was the Howards’ neighbor and a frequent visitor to their home.

On the evening of June 15,1988, Jason Howard asked Mrs. Akers to come over to the Howards’ residence to talk to his wife, Laura. The purpose of the visit was to discuss a shocking and dangerous “practical joke” played by the Howards on a young boy, who was an overnight guest in the Akers’s home. Upon being told the details of the “joke,” the appellee became angry, picked up the…