GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY v. WEINTRAUB

Nos. 80-137, 80-394.

458 A.2d 43 (1983)

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, et al., Appellants, v. Alan WEINTRAUB, Appellee. FRANK S. PHILLIPS, INC., Appellant, v. Noor HUSSAIN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred M. Vinson, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom David S. Klontz, Washington, D.C., was on briefs, for appellants.

Alan Weintraub, pro se.

Noor Hussain, pro se.

Before MACK, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellants, a landlord and building manager, contend in these consolidated appeals that the trial court erred in allowing appellees, their tenants, to recover damage for losses arising from a flood in their apartment building. At issue is the scope of a landlord's duty to maintain rental premises in compliance with housing code regulations. Specifically appellants challenge the right of tenants-appellees to bring an affirmative cause of action...

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