WALKER, J.
In this opinion we seek to clarify an area that continues to generate confusion among trial and appellate courts. That is, how are the courts to analyze the question of duty in a negligence action brought by a tenant against a landlord, for injuries inflicted by a third party on the landlord's premises? In the case before us, Bertha Valencia (Bertha), a minor, was violently attacked and injured by Eric Umali (Eric), the adult son of Ricardo and Erlinda...
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