Kirby v. Hylton

After their nine-year old son, Timothy, was fatally injured when run over by a heavy pipe, while rolling down a hill, on land owned by a water and sewer company, First Maryland Utilities (FMU), Donald and Dorothy Kirby brought suit in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against FMU, a contractor, Trenchcraft, Inc., the developer of the housing development where the accident occurred, Hylton Enterprises, and C. D. Hylton and Irene Hylton. Following presentation of their case to a jury the trial judge (Mason, J.) ended the case by entering judgment in favor of the defendants, having…