Kunst v. Pass, 1998 MT 71 (1998)
- Citation
- Kunst v. Pass, 1998 MT 71 (1998)
- Parent Document
- Kunst v. Pass, 1998 MT 71 (1998)
- Jurisdiction
- Montana (state)
- Effective Date
- 1998-03-31
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1276156/kunst-v-pass/ ↗
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Full Text
1,334 chars¶ 32 The fact that a person does not enjoy a contractual landlord/tenant relationship with the landlord is thus not dispositive. Rather, what is at issue is whether the interests of public standards require that the standards of habitability extend not only to tenants but to third persons in certain circumstances. We conclude that they do. As evidence of these standards, we turn to other areas of the law that govern the landlord's duty. For example, in Limberhand v. Big Ditch Co. (1985), 218 Mont. 132, 706 P.2d 491, we held that the status of the injured party does not affect a property owner's general duty of care. Limberhand, 218 Mont. at 140, 706 P.2d at 496. Instead, a landlord's duties under § 27-1-701, MCA, extend to all persons foreseeably on the premises, including social guests of a tenant. Limberhand, 218 Mont. at 145, 706 P.2d at 498, 499. Although the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act establishes minimum duties of the landlord, nothing in the Act limits those duties only to a tenant, and indeed we conclude that the public interests require those duties to extend to any person foreseeably on the premises. In short, we conclude that both Plaintiffs were members of the class the Act was designed to protect, and Defendants' liability arose under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, § 70-24-303, MCA.