Pentecost v. Ansan Corp.

I believe the controlling question in this case as to Ansan’s liability is whether the landlord owed a duty to the tenant to warn her of, or cure a dangerous condition or defect which was in the sidewalk approximately one inch from its property line. The defect was in the only entrance or approach to a breezeway and bench on the landlord’s property, which tenants were invited to use.

It is my view that the landlord in this case owed a duty to the tenant to maintain not only its own property in a reasonably safe condition, but also approaches to its premises which are used by such tenant and…