2702 DEBUBLISHED The slight foreseeability that a tenant would be attacked justifies the conclusion that a landlord had an obligation to evict an undesirable visitor whose presence in a neighboring apartment violated the lease on that apartment; one who does not personally witness an injury being inflicted cannot recover damages under the bystander theory for emotional distress.CitationVALENCIA v MICHAUD (Tenant Stabbing) 79 CA4 741 [See: Ann M v Pacific Plaza 6 C4 666, T/AT 2/94; Sharon P v Arman 21 C4 1181; Saelzler v Advanced (RevGrtd) 77 CA4 1001; Dillon v Legg 68 C2 728; Thing v LaChusa 48 C3 644]
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