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Section 17

Citation
Section 17
Parent Document
Peterson v. Superior Court, 899 P.2d 905 (1995)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1995-08-21

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Section 17.6 of the Restatement Second of Property provides that a landlord’s liability is governed by a negligence standard when an injury results from the landlord’s breach of an implied warranty of habitability: “A landlord is subject to liability for physical harm caused to the tenant ... by a dangerous condition existing before or arising after the tenant has taken possession, if he has failed to exercise reasonable care to repair the condition and the existence of the condition is in violation of: [¶] (1) an implied warranty of habitability . . . .” 12 “The product to which the Green