Case Summary: A case out of Los Angeles, Chen v. Kraft (2016) 243 Cal.App.4thSupp.13, allowed a landlord to evict a tenant who was using their unit for short term rentals despite the tenant having express authority to do so from the predecessor landlord. In Los Angeles, the Rent Stabilization Ordinance prohibits short term rentals in…
Continue reading…Landlord-Tenant: Landlord not liable to landscaper for injuries sustained after he stepped on a homemade bomb the tenant left in the yard.
A California Appellate Court decided, in the case Garcia v. Holt (2016) 242 Cal.App 4th 600, that a landlord is not liable to the landscaper for injuries sustained after he stepped on a homemade bomb the tenant left in the yard. The Court noted that due to the landlord not having actual or constructive notice of the…
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