Lindsey v. Massios

How courts have described this case

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

• noting duty landlords owe to tenant’s guests is same they owe to tenant
• safety statute not construed as establishing new individual right of action without clear legislative expression of such intent
• persons lawfully on premises may sue for landlord’s negligent maintenance of areas he controls
• landlord’s duty of reasonable care to all visitors lawfully on the premises within his control extends to tenant’s guest
• “[V]iolation of a safety statute constitutes evidence of negligence . . . .
• applying reasonable care standard to persons visiting tenants

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).