Reed v. Dupuis

OPINION BY JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 In this landlord-tenant dispute, War-rene Reed appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing her complaint and sustaining her landlord Patrice Dupuis’s preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer. Reed asserts that her complaint averred sufficient facts to hold her landlord liable on a theory of negligence. Reed also contends that the trial court erred in dismissing her complaint, because it concluded sua sponte that Reed’s negligence claim was barred under the “gist of the action” doctrine. We find that the trial court erred when it determined that Reed’s…