Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Zlotnick
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 14, 1945No. 8733PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Associate Justice.
This case involves the extent to which a landlord is liable to a tenant for the negligence of an independent contractor who repairs the premises at the direction of the landlord. In a former appeal of this case involving a different issue we said: “Possibly also he [the landlord] would be liable even though Hamburger [the contractor] was an independent contractor. There are authorities which hold that a landlord has a nondelegable duty to the tenant, in making repairs or new construction, to make them or see that they are made in such a manner as not to cause injury…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hyman v. . BarrettNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Olah v. KatzMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
- Bailey v. ZlotnickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Bancroft v. GodwinWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Nahm & Friedman v. Register Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Helen Hanna, Cicero Hanna v. Annie C. Fletcher, Trustee of Estate of Florence Johnson, Benjamin F. Fletcher, and Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Audrey Whetzel, Frederick Whetzel, Jr., and Frederick Whetzel v. Jess Fisher Management Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Vale v. BonnettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Kendall v. Gore Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Hill Ex Rel. Greer v. McDonaldDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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