Williams v. Melby

How courts have described this case

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

• abandoning the traditional common law distinctions and instead imposing a duty of “reasonable care in all circumstances,” at least toward the landowner’s tenant
• \[This court has charged landlords with a duty to exercise reasonable care toward their tenants in all circumstances.\
• reversal of summary judgment' for defendant where plaintiff had arranged- furniture in dangerous fashion and then fell through' bedroom window while disoriented
• reversal of summary judgment for defendant where plaintiff had arranged furniture in dangerous fashion and then fell through bedroom window while disoriented
• “An affidavit which merely reflects the affiant’s unsubstantiated conclusions and which fails to state evidentiary facts is insufficient to create an issue of fact.”
• landlord has duty to “exercise reasonable care- toward tenants in all circumstances”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).