Levine v. Peoples Broadcasting Corp.

Browning, President:

Plaintiff, Max Levine, instituted this action in the Circuit Court of Marion County to recover damages to his premises, equipment and merchandise, situated on the first floor of a building in Fairmont, West Virginia, caused by water flowing from a broken water pipe in the rest room of the defendant, Peoples Broadcasting Corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Broadcasting,” located on the second floor of the building. The water pipe was broken when the defendant, Carl McKinney, weighing 328 pounds, attempted to raise himself from the toilet seat by leaning on the…