Johns v. Housing Authority for the City of Douglas

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the landlord in a premises liability action.

Tracy Johns rented an apartment from the Housing Authority for the City of Douglas. After Johns moved into her apartment, she placed an air conditioner window unit in her kitchen window. The unit did not fill the entire width of the window, so Johns placed a piece of cardboard in the space to fill the gap. One night, a man forcibly entered Johns’ apartment and assaulted, battered and raped her. Afterward, Johns discovered that the cardboard she had placed in the window…