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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corporation, 439 F.2d 477 (1970)

Citation
Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corporation, 439 F.2d 477 (1970)
Parent Document
Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corporation, 439 F.2d 477 (1970)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1970-09-08

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. Plaintiff’s complaint here is partly based on the claim that the landlord was required to maintain a reasonable number of guards. The' allegation of the complaint alleged that appellee was negligent in not “taking reasonable precautions in the evening hours of maintaining a reasonable number of guards upon the premises so as to protect your plaintiff in her person and in her property.” (Emphasis added.) To require apartment landlords to employ guards to protect tenants against criminal depredations would be very costly and raise many troublesome questions. How much training should they have? Should such guards be armed? What would be their liability and that of the landlord if they killed an alleged offender in the commission of a criminal act? When duly appointed and trained city policemen are subjected to grand jury indictment for killing criminals caught in the act, the liability and exposure of an apartment house guard and his landlord to criminal and civil process under similar circumstances could be very substantial.