D. J. Powers Co. v. Hendry

Banke, Presiding Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether a landlord’s property manager, who is injured while on the landlord’s premises for the purpose of exercising the landlord’s right of inspection, may be considered an invitee of the tenant in a personal injury action brought against the tenant to recover for the latter’s alleged negligence in allowing an unsafe condition to exist on the premises.

The appellee, Hendry, was employed as property manager for Corim, Inc., which had leased certain commercial premises to the appellant, D. J. Powers Company, Inc. (hereafter referred to as…