Legal Opinion
Mann v. Northgate Investors, L.L.C.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 2014No. 2012-1600PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPfeifer, J.
{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether a landlord owes the statutory duty under R.C. 5321.04(A)(3) to “[k]eep all common areas of the premises in a safe and sanitary condition” to a tenant’s guest properly on the premises. We hold today that a landlord does owe to a tenant’s guest the statutory duties under R.C. 5321.04(A)(3) and that a breach of that duty constitutes negligence per se.
Factual and Procedural Background
{¶ 2} On June 15, 2007, plaintiff-appellee, Lauren Mann, then 16 years old, visited a friend, Michelina Markiewicz, who was a tenant at an apartment building owned by…
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