Errico v. LaMountain

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Cutting to the core of this cautionary tale from the world of landlord-tenant law, a Superior Court jury determined that a wooden railing’s collapse caused a tenant to fall from the balcony of her second-story apartment. After the tenant leaned against the rotten railing, it gave way, plunging her headlong onto the concrete walkway below and causing her to suffer grievous personal injuries. The jury found that the railing constituted a dangerous condition, that this condition caused her injuries, and that the landlords were hable to the tenant for their negligence in…