ORTEGA v. FLAIM

No. 94-266.

902 P.2d 199 (1995)

Jacqueline ORTEGA and Floyd Ortega, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. Guido FLAIM, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Horn and Steven D. Olmstead, Jackson, for appellant.

Richard H. Honaker, Rock Springs, for appellee.

Before GOLDEN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, TAYLOR and LEHMAN, JJ.


GOLDEN, Chief Justice.

A social guest of landlord's tenant sustained personal injuries after falling down stairs at the tenant's residential dwelling. The social guest sued landlord for damages. Relying on the common law's general rule of landlord's immunity from liability, however, the district court granted landlord's motion for summary judgment. The social guest appealed, presenting this court with the primary issue of whether Wyoming will abandon the common law...

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