Paytan v. Rowland

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, where the plaintiff knew that at least part of the porch was in poor condition, but it provided the only practicable access to the back yard, whether or not she was contributorily negligent in walking across it was a jury question
• holding that landlord has no duty to maintain property under the exclusive control of the tenant, but does have a duty to use ordinary care to maintain in a reasonably safe condition any part of the premises reserved for the common use of all tenants
• “{A landlord has] no duty to maintain in a safe condition any part of the leased premises that [is] under [a tenant’s] exclusive control.”
• “Neither does any contractual duty undertaken by a landlord to repair leased premises under a tenant’s control render the landlord liable in tort for injuries sustained by the tenant as a result of the landlord’s breach of a covenant to make such repairs.””

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sales v. Kecoughtan Housing Co., Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-02-25· cited 27×
• Kesler v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-03-06· cited 26×
• Holland v. Shively
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-02-28· cited 22×
• Leslie v. Nitz
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-11-29· cited 21×
• Kings Markets, Inc. v. Yeatts
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 9×
• Wohlford v. Quesenberry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-01-14· cited 5×
• Oden v. Conway
  Rockingham County Circuit Court· 1998-08-13· cited 4×
• Thompson v. Springer Manor Apartments
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1998-09-29· cited 1×
• Jeter v. ARK Properties, L.L.C.
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2004-03-30· cited 1×
• Cromer v. Johnson Village, L.L.C.
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2005-09-02· cited 1×
• Tingler v. Graystone Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-10-31
• Jones v. Kidd
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2003-12-09
• Goodman v. Wills
  Amherst County Circuit Court· 2005-02-10
• Christian v. Corniel
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2007-08-28
• Walisser v. Harris
  Nelson County Circuit Court· 2010-02-26

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Oliver v. Cashin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-06-18· cited 30×
• Langhorne Road Apartments, Inc. v. Bisson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-10-10· cited 28×
• Caudill v. Gibson Fuel Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-06-10· cited 28×
• Revell v. Deegan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-06-18· cited 21×
• City of Richmond v. Grizzard
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-06-15· cited 14×
• Wagman v. Boccheciampe
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-09-10· cited 11×
• Campagna v. Cozzi
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-05-11· cited 8×
• Lubritsky v. Lonergan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1953-08-11· cited 3×