Legal Opinion
Croce v. Hall
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 20, 1995No. 93-CV-1107PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
One March morning, appellant Marianna Croce slipped and fell outside of her apartment building on a walkway which had become covered with snow and ice after an overnight storm. The only issue presented in this appeal is whether a landlord’s duty to maintain in a safe condition the common areas of a multi-unit apartment building extends to a duty to monitor weather forecasts. We hold that it does not and accordingly affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellee.
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At the time of the accident appellant lived in an apartment house, 1 located…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Spar v. ObwoyaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Marinopoliski v. IrishDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Pessagno v. Euclid Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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