Intellectual Property Law

If a landlord negligently allows a 3rd party to enter my rental and property is stolen, who do I sue?

When a tenant rents a property, part of what they are purchasing is an expectation of a reasonable degree of privacy. Even the landlord himself must give reasonable notice to enter the premises. In this case, my landlord granted access to my rental to a third party and much of my personal belongings were stolen. Do I sue the landlord or the thief?

Public Comments

1. Both!!!!
2. First, file a police report. You need to get your story together, too. I already see some holes in it.
3. you would sue the landlord for allowing someone to enter your property without your permission, sue there ass.
4. The Landlord. Ultimately it is his responsibilty that his employees and contractors meet his obligations to you. But before you go get lawyer and start screaming about suing people, I would suggest talking to your landlord, and/or trying mediation first to resolve the situation. If you were my tenant (and yes, I am a landlord), I would probably feel awful that something like this happened, and would try to work with you to resolve the issue together - IE, by either reimbursing you or working in partnership with you to go after the party responsible. Anytime you get lawyers involved, people get defensive and antagonistic, which almost never helps the situation.
5. first you should make a police report and if you know for sure who took your stuff you need to press charges or you might not be able to sue them later. Then you need to sue both