Owens v. Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc.

OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

Bree Owens appeals the summary judgment denying her claims for negligence against a fire investigator for fading to preserve evidence. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

There was a fire in Owens’s two-story apartment, and the smoke detectors failed to sound an alarm. As a result, Owens was unable to escape from the second floor by going down the interior stairs and had to jump from a second-story window. She sustained serious and permanent injuries. Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc. (“UIS”) was retained on behalf of the building owner’s insurance company to conduct an…