Monroe Park Apartments Corp. v. Bennett

HERRMANN, Justice:

This appeal raises the question of the duty of the landlord of a multi-apartment building, in the absence of statute or agreement, to remove natural accumulations of ice or snow from a walkway designed and used for the ingress and egress of tenants.

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Considering the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, as we must. on this appeal from the denial of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, 1 the facts may be summarized as follows:

The plaintiff, Dorothy M. Bennett, was a tenant in a multi-apartment building, part of an apartment complex, owned and operated by…