depends upon the circumstances presented. In a multi-unit facility, the landlord ordinarily has a duty to maintain the common areas in a reasonably safe condition. Very recently, in Shields v. Wagman, supra, 350 Md. at 673-674, 714 A.2d at 884, Judge Chasanow for the Court set forth this principle as follows: “ ‘[Wjhere a landlord leases separate portions of his property to different tenants and reserves under his control the passageways and stairways, and other parts of the property for the common use of all the tenants[,] he must then exercise ordinary care and diligence to maintain the retained portions in a reasonably safe condition.’ Langley Park Apts. v. Lund Adm’r, 234 Md. 402, 407, 199 A.2d 620, 623 (1964). Our recognition of landlord liabil , 433-436, 298 A.2d 27, 31-32 (1972) (<HOLDING>); Stein v. Overlook Joint Venture, 246 Md. 75,
holding that protective sweep was permitted of adjacent room of apartment where apartment consisted of two small rooms holding a landlord liable for injuries sustained by a tenant who slipped on an icy sidewalk holding that under buie the second room in a tworoom apartment immediately adjoined the first room in which the suspect was arrested holding tavern owner not liable for injuries sustained when intoxicated patron assaulted a police officer holding a landlord liable for injuries sustained in the laundry room of an apartment complex