PONTICAS v. K.M.S. INVESTMENTS

No. C7-81-1026.

331 N.W.2d 907 (1983)

Stephanie PONTICAS, et al., Respondents, v. K.M.S. INVESTMENTS, et al., Appellants, Lakeview Realty, Inc., Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lommen Nelson, Sullivan & Cole, V. Owen Nelson and Phillip A. Cole, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Lawrence D. Olson and Bruce D. Peck, St. Paul, for Stephanie Ponticas, et al.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLEY, Justice.

The appellants, the owner and the operator of a residential apartment complex, were found negligent by jury verdict in the hiring of a resident manager who violently sexually assaulted one of the female tenants of the complex. They appeal from the Hennepin County District Court's order for entry of judgment which awarded the tenant damages for personal injuries and her husband damages for loss of consortium. We are called upon first to determine whether...

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