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Isbell v. Commercial Investment Associates
No. 061000Supreme Court of Virginia
061000 Isbell v. Commercial Investment Associates 04/20/2007 The circuit court correctly dismissed a tenant's personal injury suit against a landlord for failure to maintain the premises in a safe condition. T…
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061000 Isbell v. Commercial Investment Associates 04/20/2007 The circuit court correctly dismissed a tenant's personal injury sui…
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061000 Isbell v. Commercial Investment Associates 04/20/2007 The circuit court correctly dismissed a tenant's personal injury suit against a landlord for failure to maintain the premises in a safe condition. The comprehensive scheme of landlord and tenant contractual rights and remedies in the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act does not create a statutory personal injury cause of action for a tenant since the General Assembly did not plainly manifest an intention therein to abrogate the common law rule that a landlord is not liable in tort for a tenant's personal injuries caused by the landlord's failure to repair premises under the tenant's control and possession. The judgment of the circ…
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061000 Isbell v. Commercial Investment Associates 04/20/2007 The circuit court correctly dismissed a tenant's personal injury suit against a landlord for failure to maintain the premises in a safe condition. The comprehensive scheme of landlord and tenant contractual rights and remedies in the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act does not create a statutory personal injury cause of action for a tenant since the General Assembly did not plainly manifest an intention therein to abrogate the common law rule that a landlord is not liable in tort for a tenant's personal injuries caused by the landlord's failure to repair premises under the tenant's control and possession. The judgment of the circ…
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