Redden v. Comer

This action is before this Court upon an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, West Virginia, entered on January 25, 1996. The appellant is Junior Marcus Redden. The action concerns a fire in a single family dwelling house owned by the appellees, William and Vilia Diehl. As a result of the fire, the appellant’s son, Perry Lynn Redden, died. The appellant contends that the appellees, who had rented the house to Joseph and Nancy Comer, were negligent in failing to install smoke detectors. 1 However, determining that dwellings, such as the one involved herein, were…