Grant v. Thornton

How courts have described this case

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• noting that failure to comply with county building codes is evidence of negligence
• reasoning that the owner of property has a duty to comply with applicable codes; it will not be a defense to argue that owner was unaware of his obligation or that he was unaware of non-compliance
• summary judgment reversed where tenant was injured while exiting through front window of apartment during fire and alleged that landlord had violated County building and fire codes by maintaining front door with a deadbolt that required key to be used to exit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).