Blum v. Kauffman

In this action by the plaintiff tenant against the defendant landlords for losses resulting from a burglary of the plaintiff’s apartment the defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. The Superior Court denied the motion and the defendants appeal.

In denying the motion, the Superior Court considered the issues of negligence, proximate causation, and the landlords’ asserted immunity under the provisions of the lease. As to negligence and proximate cause, the Superior Court stated that those issues were for the jury; as to the immunity provision, the Superior Court decided that the clause…