Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Citation
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Parent Document
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
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- Massachusetts (state)
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- 1994-03-14
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- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
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- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
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- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
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- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing Authority, 630 N.E.2d 248 (1994)
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2,325 charsAs we read the cases cited infra, the warranty of habitability does not require, by itself, that the landlord provide security guards or other police services, because such services in no way relate to the maintenance or repair of the physical facilities vital to the use of the premises. Indeed, in cases where courts have discussed landlords’ liability resulting from improper security, whether under negligence or contract theories, the factual background of those cases consistently involves situations where the landlord either voluntarily had agreed to provide security services and did so negligently, or failed to provide or to maintain proper security devices such as locks or appropriate external doors. See Mullins v. Pine Manor College, 389 Mass. 47, 52 (1983) (duty to provide security which college voluntarily assumes must be performed with due care); Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976, 979 (1985) (where assailant punched through “flimsy” door which was in violation of State sanitary code, landlord was liable for damages for injuries sustained by tenant); Kline v. 1500 Mass. Ave. Apartment Corp., 439 F.2d 477, 486-487 (D.C. Cir. 1970) (landlord breached duty to tenant where it failed to maintain security measures that existed at inception of tenancy); Choy v. First Columbia Management, Inc., 676 F. Supp. 28, 31 (D. Mass. 1987) (where lease did not contain promise by landlord to provide twenty-four hour security, there was no claim against landlord for *284injury by third party); Phillips v. Chicago Hous. Auth., 89 Ill. 2d 123, 126 (1982) (liability may be imposed on landlord who voluntarily undertakes to provide security measures, but performs undertaking negligently); Pippin v. Chicago Hous. Auth., supra at 209-210 (where housing authority voluntarily undertook to provide security guards, issue of negligent hiring required trial); Walls v. Oxford Management Co., supra at 658 (holding that landlord may be liable for criminal attack on tenant only if he is responsible for a known defective condition on the premises that foreseeably enhanced risk of attack, or if he negligently performed a voluntary undertaking to provide security); Trentacost v. Brussel, supra at 223, 228 (landlord negligent and violated warranty of habitability by failing to secure front entrance to building).