• 1994 - Landlord/Tenant Common Area - Duty
  • C-17.00
    • Landlord And Tenant
    • Negligence
    • Tort Liability
  • A landlord has a duty to use ordinary care to keep in reasonably safe condition halls, stairways, and other areas controlled by the landlord for the common use of tenants. The landlord owes this duty to tenants, subtenants, and employees of the tenants and subtenants.
    • 12.1-05-04
    • 12.1-06-01
    • 12.1-06-02
    • 12.1-25-01
    • Huss v. Ringo, 39 NW2d 505 (ND 1949)
    • Newman v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 43 NW2d 411 (ND 1950)
    • State v. Columbus Hall Ass’n., 27 NW2d 664 (ND 1947)
    • State v. Hidanovic, 2008 ND 66, 747 NW2d 463
  • Notes: NDCC 47-16-13.1 lists duties imposed on the landlord of a residential dwelling unit which may alter common law liability in a residential lease. But see , Newman v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 43 NW2d 411 (ND 1950).