Empire Lumber Co. v. Thermal-Dynamic Towers, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the respondent Empire Lumber Company (Empire), lessor, and against the appellant Thermal-Dynamic Towers, Inc. (TDT), lessee, for negligence and breach of a lease of space in a warehouse resulting from a fire which destroyed the warehouse. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1979, Empire purchased a nine-acre parcel of property in Post Falls, Idaho, upon which three buildings were located. The building which burned was a large warehouse with a concrete floor, cinder block walls, and a wooden truss roof. The…