Perez v. Belmont at Ryals Chase Condominium Ass'n, Inc.
A residential tenant fell on loose entryway floor tiles after his wife twice notified the landlord and property manager of the condition; the trial court granted summary judgment on the theory that the postpossession duty to repair extends only to conditions not readily apparent to the tenant. The Second District reversed, holding that under Mansur v. Eubanks a landlord has a continuing postpossession duty to exercise reasonable care to repair dangerous defective conditions once the tenant gives notice, and that the tenant's knowledge or the open-and-obvious nature of the condition does not discharge that duty.
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