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Case Study The Sally Smith And Larry Landlord
The Sally Smith’s and Larry Landlord
The issue is whether did Larry Landlord fall below the standard of care by not maintaining the fire alarm in the hallway properly causing the severe injury of Sally Smith?
I believe Larry Landlord fell below the standard of care in this case. To the reasons set forth below:
According the rule of reasonable person under the standard of care, I can definitely foresee the injury coming. Her injury could have prevented if the landlord has maintained the fire alarm on the first floor. Due to the malfunction of fire alarm on the first floor, Smith realized the fire after it started on the first floor ten minutes later. Since the malfunctioned alarm takes away smith’s chance of escaping from escaping from the

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