Ex Parte Coleman

On July 14, 1994, Michael Anthony Harper was injured when he tried to reposition an outside air conditioning unit located on the house he rented from Osmund A. Coleman. Harper sued Coleman, alleging that Coleman had negligently or wantonly installed, or had negligently or wantonly had someone else install an air conditioning unit in the home Harper leased from Coleman and that Harper was injured as a result. The trial court entered a summary judgment for Coleman, holding that as a lessor Coleman was not liable for injuries caused by latent defects that were not known to him at the time he…