Is Hard Assets liable for the alleged injuries to Monica and Shantese? Explain.

When Monica Allen and Shantese Thomas were three years old and one year old, respectively, they came to live with their grandmother, Tracy Allen, at 3143 Elmora Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Allen leased the dwelling from Mildred Thompkins. Less than a year later, after Thompkins failed to pay the taxes on the property, Hard Assets, LLC, acquired it. For fifteen years, the firm had bought and sold tax-delinquent properties. Jay Dackman, a member of the LLC, ran the business. Hard Assets intended to sell the property, rather than keep it as a rental, so Allen and her grandchildren were asked to vacate the premises.