How to Ace FYLSE/June 2016 Exam

Torts

T rents space in a building from Landlord. Six months ago, a fire broke out at night in the building and Tenant, who was working late, was overcome by smoke in the building.A firefighter while rescuing Tenant out of the building, injured Tenant’s leg. The building and all its contents were destroyed. The investigative report stated: “Fire apparently originated in basement. Apparent cause: faulty wiring. Accumulation of old newspapers in basement was a principal source of fuel, and probably resulted in rapid spread of fire to remainder of building.” The old newspapers mentioned in the fire marshal’s report had been left by a previous tenant three years ago. Some of the basement hallways were nearly impassable. Landlord was aware of this, but hadn’t gotten around to cleaning them up. One of Cityville’s fire safety ordinances provides: “Any person who permits any article to remain in a stairway or hallway so as to impede entering or leaving the building, or any area within it, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.”