NEWTON v. MAGILL

No. S-5219.

872 P.2d 1213 (1994)

Darlene NEWTON and Stan Newton, Appellants, v. Enid MAGILL and Estate of Fred Magill, dba Magill's Trailer Park, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Triem, Sharon A. Kornman, and Michael P. Ledden, Petersburg, for appellants.

T.G. Batchelor, Batchelor, Brinkman & Pearson, Juneau, for appellees.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This is a slip and fall case brought by a tenant against her landlord. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of the landlord based on the traditional common law rule that a landlord is generally not liable for dangerous conditions in leased premises. We hold that this rule no longer applies in view of the legislature's enactment of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, and therefore reverse.

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