N.W. v. Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a landlord owed a legal duty to a tenant when the landlord voluntarily undertook actions to protect the tenant from the actions of or presence of unauthorized persons
• noting that in an action for negligence, a plaintiff must set out facts establishing, inter alia, that the defendant’s alleged breach of duty proximately caused plaintiff’s injury
• noting that in an action for negligence, a plaintiff must set out facts establishing, inter alia , that the defendant = s alleged breach of duty proximately caused plaintiff = s injury
• rejecting plaintiffs argument to find a landlord liable for failing to police grounds or protect tenants from actions of third-party criminals
• considering potential tort liability though there was a lease between the plaintiff and the defendant
• rejecting plaintiff = s argument to find a landlord liable for failing to police grounds or protect tenants from actions of third-party criminals

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).