Applicant with a negligence lawsuit

[Robert T.]

Hi Everybody,

I've been looking for a tenant to fill a vacant property.  For one applicant, when I looked up his court history, I saw that he once initiated a negligence lawsuit against a pizza place because he slipped on their floor.  He was requesting $15,000 from them in the lawsuit.   For the purpose of this question, lets say everything else about his applicant was perfect.  Do you feel this sole issue is a good reason to deny a person's rental application? 

My thinking is if he did it to this pizza place he could try to slip on my ground and then do the same $15,000 lawsuit on my rental property one day.