Mary McDermott v. Midland Management, Inc.

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us on appeal of a district court order granting summary judgment to the defendant. The plaintiff in this case was injured when an employee of the defendant, the manager of the plaintiffs apartment building, let a stranger into her apartment. The district court determined as a matter of law that the actions of the defendant were not a foreseeable cause of the plaintiffs injuries. Because we determine that the issue of foreseeability in this case should not have been resolved on summary judgment, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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