BECKER v. IRM CORP.

Docket No. S.F. 24618.

38 Cal.3d 454 (1985)

698 P.2d 116

213 Cal. Rptr. 213

GEORGE BECKER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. IRM CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

April 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Meyer & Mitchell and Jack P. Dougherty for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Leonard Sacks, Edwin Train Caldwell, McNamara, Houston, Dodge, McClure & Ney and Edward Kelly Shinnick as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

John P. Caudle, Robert W. Brower and Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert for Defendant and Respondent.

Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn, Joseph W. Rogers, Jr., Nance F. Becker and Jon D. Smock as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

In this personal injury action plaintiff's complaint asserted causes of action of strict liability and negligence against defendant landlord. Defendant moved for summary judgment urging that a landlord is not liable to a tenant for a latent defect of the rented premises absent concealment of a known danger or an expressed contractual or statutory duty to repair. The trial court granted the motion and denied a...

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