Hancock v. ALABAMA HOME MORTG. CO., INC.

This is a premises liability case involving the duty of care owed by a landlord to a tenant's social guest, when the tenant's guest is injured in an area other than the demised premises. Plaintiff/Appellant Norma L. Hancock, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Defendant/Appellee, Alabama Home Mortgage Company. Mrs. Hancock received injuries from a fall sustained while traversing from her nephew's apartment unit to the apartment complex's swimming pool.

Restatement (Second) of Torts, § 360 (1965), states:

"A possessor of land who leases a part thereof and retains in his own control any…