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... Liability for Negligent Landlords
A version of these negligence rules applies to landlords whose tenants ... A landlord can sometimes be liable for injuries inflicted by a tenant’s dog, but only if:
they ... In this context, “control” is determined by whether the landlord or the tenant is in charge ... For instance, if an apartment landlord knew that a tenant’s dog had a history of biting, Indiana ... But a landlord who rents a house with a fenced-in yard to the same tenant wouldn’t be responsible ...