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).