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4597 Evidence that plaintiff's landlord failed to take effective action regarding a security gate designed to keep trespassers out of the driveway area although he knew it was frequently left open, and that there were security bars on other apartments in the complex but not on plaintiff's, that plaintiff's window could not be properly locked, that the landlord failed to replace a burned out light bulb and trim vegetation, providing potential attackers with cover of darkness, could justify a jury's conclusion that the landlord's conduct was a cause of harm sustained by plaintiff when she was raped by an attacker who entered through her window and who evidence established was not a tenant or invitee of a tenant; the fact that plaintiff left the window open does not prevent such a finding or justify dismissal of her claim, although it may require consideration of comparative fault.CitationRAVEN H v GAMETTE (Rape Causation) 157 CA4 1017 [See: CACI 431; Saelzler v Advanced 25 C4 763, T/AT 6/01; Leslie G v Perry 43 CA4 472, T/AT 4/96; Nola M v USC 16 CA4 421, T/AT 8/93]
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