PERSONAL INJURY:  What Happens When a Landlord Does Not Make Repairs and a Tenant Is Injured as a Result?

David C. Wagoner—Senior Attorney

     Most states impose statutory duties on landlords to maintain and repair residential premises in habitable condition during a tenancy. See, e.g., Cal. Civ. Code § 1941 (California); O.C.G.A. § 44-7-13 (Georgia); ALM GL ch. 186, § 19 (Massachusetts); MCLS § 554.139 (Michigan); NY CLS Real Prop. Law § 235-B (New York); 9 V.S.A. § 4457 (Vermont); Va. Code § 55.1-1220 (Virginia); Rev. Code Wash. § 59.18.060 (Washington); W. Va. Code § 37-6-30 (West Virginia); and Wis. Stat. § 704.07 (Wisconsin).

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