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If the landlord fixes leaks once they are reported, that's usually sufficient to satisfy the landlord's duty.

If the leaks are not being fixed properly, then that may be an issue.

If the leaks are from the upstairs neighbor overflowing a sink, toilet or shower, that's not something the landlord can prevent, nor is it something that the landlord can address until the problem is brought to the landlord's attention.

If you want to discuss the landlord's potential liability for any given leak, you will need to tell us about the specific leak and why it occurred.
The previous leaks were, in fact, not being fixed properly. What would happen is that the property's maintenance guy would come a day or two after the leak was reported and "fix" it. It would stop leaking, but only temporarily, at which point, hed come back and "fix" it again. The leaks, excluding the recent one, kept coming out of the same places. Until eventually, the land lord had to hire a professional team to break through the ground and walls to replace the pipes all together, this was after having to wait several days with our living room almost completely flooded. After that, not many leaks occurred until this recent one, which apparently came from an old sprinkler system that wasn't being. The property's maintenance guy had to open up the ceiling and pointed out the burst pipe that he said shouldn't have had water running through it.