Legal Opinion

Atrium Unit Owners Ass'n v. King

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 12, 2003No. Record 022417PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kinser

In this negligence case, the dispositive issue is whether the plaintiff produced sufficient evidence from which a jury reasonably could infer a causal connection between a condominium unit owners association’s alleged negligence regarding a convenience key and the damages sustained by the plaintiff in a burglary of her condominium. We conclude that the plaintiff failed to establish proximate causation and will, therefore, reverse the judgment of the circuit court sustaining a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

MATERIAL FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Sharon King owned a condominium unit on the sixth…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Fox v. CustisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
  2. Delk v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  3. Trimyer v. Norfolk Tallow Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1951
  4. Beale v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
  5. Ravenwood Towers, Inc. v. WoodyardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992

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