Does a landlord owe a duty of care to a tenant under a lease agreement?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Rex Inv. Co. v. S.M.E., Inc., Case No.: 15-cv-02607-H-JMA (S.D. Cal. 2016):

independent of the lease agreement under these circumstances. Plaintiff only cites to a case holding that in certain circumstances a landlord owes a tenant a duty of care. (Doc. No. 22 at 24 (citing Portillo v. Aiassa, 27 Cal. App. 4th 1128, 1135 (1994)).)

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