in common areas is generally premised on the control a landlord maintains over the common areas.” (Footnote omitted). The duty to maintain these areas in a reasonably safe condition extends not only to the tenant but “includes the members of his family, his guests, his invitees, and others on the land in the right of the tenant.” Landay v. Cohn, 220 Md. 24, 27, 150 A.2d 739, 741 (1959). “It has been held that a child on the land at the invitation of the child of the tenant is entitled to the benefit of the landlord’s obligation in this respect.” Landay v. Cohn, supra, 220 Md. at 27-28, 150 A.2d at 741. Other cases recognizing that the landlord owes a duty to maintain common areas in a reasonably safe condition include, e.g., Scott v. Watson, 278 Md. 160, 169, 359 A.2d 548, 554 (1976) (<HOLDING>); Macke Laundry Service Co. v. Weber, 267 Md.
holding landlord and tenants obligations mutually dependent holding that a landlord may have a duty to exercise reasonable care for the safety of its tenants in common areas holding that a landlord has a duty of reasonable care over common areas or other areas over which the landlord has retained control holding tenants leasing house by oral agreement were coinsureds both landlord and tenants had liability insurance holding that defendants had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the common areas of an apartment building