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California Courts of Appeal

Jan. 30, 2009

Court: Paralyzed Man Can Sue Rental Manager

How much evidence of potential danger to tenants do apartment managers need before they must take safety precautions? In the case of the management company in charge in Rowland Heights, three prior violent attacks by strangers should have been enough, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel held Thursday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

How much evidence of potential danger to tenants do apartment managers need before they must take safety precautions?

In the case of the management company in charge of Pheasant Ridge Apartments in Rowland Heights, three prior violent attacks by strangers should have been enough, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel held Thursday.

The unanimous three-judge panel reversed Los Angeles County Superior...

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