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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND DONALD JACKSON : v. : Civil Action No. DKC 99-2704 : A.M.F. BOWLING CENTERS, INC. : :

MEMORANDUM OPINION Pending before the court and ready for resolution in this negligence action is the motion for summary judgment of

Defendant, A.M.F. Bowling Centers, Inc. ("A.M.F.").

No hearing

is deemed necessary, and the court now rules pursuant to Local Rule 105.6. the motion. I. Background The following facts are undisputed or presented in the light most favorable to Plaintiff. Defendant entered into an oral For the reasons that follow, the court shall grant

agreement with Mr. Chauncy Maddox and Icy Ice Productions ("Icy Ice") to rent the A.M.F. bowling alley, in Adelphi, Maryland, every Sunday night for eight weeks from 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. so that Maddox and Icy Ice could host a series of events.1 Icy

Ice and Maddox agreed to pay Defendant $2,000 per event to rent the facility. Icy Ice also agreed to be responsible for all

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Neither Icy Ice nor Maddox are parties in this suit.

physical damage that occurred during the events.

Paper no. 16,

Defendant's Answers to Interrogatories, No. 21 (hereinafter Plaintiff's exhibit 1). The circumstances involved in this case

occurred at one of these events, a combination concert and dance. Specifically, it was the third concert and dance held at

the bowling center under the A.M.F.-Icy Ice oral agreement. Around midnight on July 21 or 22, 1996, Plaintiff, and five friends

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