Holley v. Mt. Zion Terrace Apartments, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• acknowledging: “Under our system, it is peculiarly a jury function to determine what precautions are reasonably required in the exercise of a particular duty of care”
• brutal act of rapist/murderer did not insulate negligent landlord from liability for failure to provide adequate security
• \[I]t is peculiarly a jury function to determine what precautions are reasonably required in the exercise of a particular duty of due care\
• the deliberate act of the rapist and murderer did not constitute an independent intervening cause which would insulate the landlord from liability for failing to provide reasonable security measures
• negligent failure by landlord to provide security for tenant murdered by another tenant
• where there was evidence that crime was foreseeable, it was proper for the jury to determine whether landlord discharged its duty to keep premises safe by taking security measures

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).