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# Jury clears landlord in apartment gunmen attack; readers asked to respond
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/012904-story/
- Published: 2004-01-29T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:41:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

A Santa Monica jury last week decided that a landlord wasn’t liable for tenants’ injuries and pain and suffering when they were attacked in their apartment by four gunmen.

The tenants claimed that the landlord should have provided better security at their apartment, which can’t be accessed without a key or a code.

> “How far should landlords go in protecting their properties and their tenants? Do you agree with the jury’s decision? Why?”

It raised a legal question of how much landlords should be held responsible for their tenants’ safety.

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 29, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/012904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)