Title: Landlord Liability and Property Management Liability - TorkLaw
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Content: What is Landlord Liability
Landlord liability is a form of premises liability that holds a property owner accountable for injuries that are sustained by residents or even pedestrians on the owner’s property; for example, someone who trips and falls on a cracked sidewalk. Other types of dangers, such as faulty wiring or toxic mold are also categorized under landlord liability. Property owners have a legal responsibility to maintain the property so it is safe and suitable for human habitation. If they fail in this duty, and residents are hurt, they can be held legally responsible, or liable. About Landlord Liability
An apartment or property owner (landlord or lessor) who leases an apartment can be held liable to the tenant (lessee) and the tenant’s guests for dangerous conditions existing in the apartment unit that the landlord does not inform the tenant about and the dangerous condition is not obvious. Before leasing an apartment unit to a prospective tenant, the apartment owner has a duty to ensure it is safe from dangerous conditions based on what a reasonable inspection would normally disclose. The landlord is not required to take extraordinary measures to discover every potential hazard unless the circumstances justify it. If a dangerous condition arises in the apartment unit that the tenant promptly reports to the landlord, the landlord must repair it within a reasonable period of time after learning of the dangerous condition. A landlord generally is not liable for dangerous condition in the tenant’s apartment that come into existence after the tenant takes possession: