Canty v. Great Lakes Transit Corp.

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• finding that violation of R.C. 5321.04(A) could be negligence per se where the plaintiff suffered an injury during a deck collapse that was caused by violation of the building code’s design and construction provisions
• the property owner had no way of knowing that a deck was improperly designed
• landlord neither knew nor should have known of the condition giving rise to the violation of R.C. 5321.04(A)(1), therefore, his violation was excused and he was not liable to the tenant for failing to comply with the statute
• \Negligence per se lessens the plaintiffs burden only on the issue of the `actor's departure from the standard of conduct required of a reasonable man.' `Such negligence makes the actor subject to liability * * * but it does not necessarily make him liable.'\ [citations omitted]
• negligence per se requires proof of proximate cause

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