Can a landlord who furnishes two apartments at the same time with the same kind of couch be held liable under the doctrine of strict liability for damages caused by the furnishing of the same couch?

In Fakhoury v. Magner, supra, the court followed the following rationale, 'We do not hold that under every possible set of circumstances the doctrine of strict liability will apply. As in the case of personal property which is leased, where no contemporaneous lease of real property is involved, there are limitations. The property must have been placed in the stream of commerce; a casual or isolated transaction will not bring the doctrine into play. In the case at hand, the landlord furnished two apartments in San Francisco and three in Sacramento at the same time with the same kind of couch purchased from the same seller. Moreover, the item was a substantial one, not an incidental bit of

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