Ramsay v. Morrissette

KELLY, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a tenant, sought to recover damages from her landlord for injuries resulting from an assault. She alleged in her complaint that due to the negligent and careless manner in which the landlord maintained the apartment building, contrary to representations made to her at the signing of the lease, an intruder was permitted to enter the building and her apartment where he assaulted her. This appeal questions the correctness of the trial court’s ruling granting the landlord’s motion for summary judgment.

Appellant testified by way of deposition that she leased an…