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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

George Washington University v. Weintraub, 458 A.2d 43 (1983)

Citation
George Washington University v. Weintraub, 458 A.2d 43 (1983)
Parent Document
George Washington University v. Weintraub, 458 A.2d 43 (1983)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1983-02-25

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Because the trial court did not find that the plumbing in appellants’ apartment building was defective, we do not rest our decision on this theory. Under appropriate circumstances, however, a landlord could be liable to tenants for damages caused by defective equipment on the ground that, in installing or failing to replace equipment that he knew or should have known to be defective, he placed into the “stream of commerce” an instrumentality likely to cause damage. The Javins court apparently contemplated this result, noting that “violations resulting from inadequate repairs or materials which disintegrate under normal use would not be assignable to the tenant.” 138 U.S.App.D.C. at 380 n. 62, 428 F.2d at 1082 n. 62.