Alan Legum Files $7 Million Lawsuit On Behalf Of Two Shooting Victims

From the Baltimore Sun:

Two people who were shot outside a 2005 party at the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company’s banquet hall have filed a $7 million lawsuit claiming the shooter was reckless and the organizer of the party and county officials and fire company officials did not provide adequate security.

The lawsuit - filed Aug. 12 by Erica Lynn Williams of Annapolis, who was hit by a car as she attempted to flee the gunfire, and Delvin Delonta Eldridge of Baltimore, who was shot in the lower back - names Temika Young, who organized the party, Terrance Carlester Medley, the convicted shooter, and Anne Arundel County and the Odenton fire company as defendants, saying they “had a duty keep their premises safe and secure.”

The lawsuit contends that Young’s application to the Anne Arundel Liquor Board Commissioners said the event in the hall in the 1400 block of Annapolis Road was a “second anniversary party” for a local couple that was to include a jazz band, a DJ and about 25 guests. But the lawsuit said Young instead charged a $10 admission for anyone to attend the party. It was not clear how many people showed up…

“They had a responsibility to make sure it was a safe environment,” said Alan Hilliard Legum, the attorney representing Williams and Eldridge. “Our clients received fairly substantial injuries through no fault of their own. They were just innocently attending this event.”

Legum said as a result of the lax planning and security at the party, “it was a situation that got out of control.”

Read the full story HERE.

Read more coverage of the case at the Maryland Accident Law Blog.