Title: Liability for Tenant Injuries and Insurance for Landlords - FindLaw
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Liability for Tenant Injuries and Insurance for Landlords
In the Event a Tenant Sues for Injuries Suffered on the Property, Are There Insurance Policies Which Cover Landlords?
If a Tenant or Visitor Is Injured on Property Owned by a Landlord, Is the Landlord Liable for the Injuries?
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Content: You fall and injure yourself. The landlord's negligence may not be deemed to be the direct cause of your injuries and the landlord might not be liable for damages. It's a much clearer case if you injure yourself while trying to use the broken front stairwell. For landlord liability to attach, the following must be proven: Thank you for subscribing! FindLaw Newsletters
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Learn more about FindLaw’s newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The landlord had a duty to fix the dangerous condition and breached his duty by not fixing it in a reasonable amount of time. For example, a broken step would not be required to be fixed in just an hour. Fixing the problem wouldn't have been unreasonably expensive or difficult (and the landlord had enough warning of the problem)
The cause of the injury was the failure to repair the dangerous condition
The damage that resulted (the injury) was serious and probable (i.e., foreseeable)
The landlord's negligence directly caused the injury
In order to hold the landlord liable, the tenant will have to prove each of the above elements.