Rossville Apartments Co. v. Britton

Benham, Judge.

Appellants, the owners of the Rossville Apartments, and its managing agents, City Housing Corporation, were defendants in a personal injury action filed against them by appellees Charles and Velda Britton, who were tenants of the apartment complex. The Brittons alleged that their three-year-old daughter suffered an injury to her foot when a dumpster owned by the apartment complex fell on it. The child’s parents sued on their own behalf for medical expenses incurred, loss of the child’s services, and punitive damages. A jury returned a verdict of $10,000 actual damages and…