For months, Karley Gifford says she put up with annoyances at her Madison apartment â?? water-stained ceiling tiles, peeling paint, ripped linoleum.
But it was two burglaries in three days that broke her, she said. Gifford, 20, a UW-Madison sophomore, claims her landlord failed to fix a broken door pane for more than two months, giving burglars an easy way to reach in and unlock the door.