406 So. 2d 521 - Firth v. Marhoefer’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Constructive knowledge of a dangerous condition can be imputed to a landlord where it can be shown that the condition recurred with regularity and, consequently, was foreseeable. "Minimal standards of proper maintenance require the landlord to anticipate dangerous conditions that recur regularly, and to take some precautions." Harris v. H.G. Smithy Co., 429 F.2d 744, 746 (D.C. Cir.1970). This principle was operative in Bennett v. Mattison, 382 So.2d 873 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), where the court held that repeated verbal and written warnings to the owners of an apartment building that a hallway was slippery and dangerous were sufficient to put them on notice of the recurring nature of the problem and thus created a jury question as to whether the landlords exercised reasonable care to guard against a foreseeable danger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 473 So. 2d 1345 - Fazio v. Dania Jai-Alai Palace, Inc.

2. “It demonstrated that an accumulation of water, tar and other slippery substances in the passenger elevators was an ongoing problem which was known to the building management. Thus, there existed a jury question as to whether the landlord exercised reasonable care to guard against a foreseeable danger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 473 So. 2d 1345 - Fazio v. Dania Jai-Alai Palace, Inc.