Youngblood v. Pasadena at Pembroke Lakes South, Ltd.

Appellant Claretha Youngblood fell and was injured when the towel rack she was using as support while exiting from a shower ripped out of the wall. She sued appellee, Pasadena at Pembroke Lakes South, the, landlord of the, apartment in which the towel rack was located, alleging negligent, failure to maintain the towel rack. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and we affirm, concluding that the complaint failed to allege a legal duty owed by the landlord to repair the towel rack or warn of its condition.

Younglood’s second amended complaint alleged that Pasadena, which rented apartments at…