Occidental Chemical Corp. v. Jenkins

A, claim against a property owner for injury caused by a condition of real property generally sounds in premises' liability. That liability typically ends with the property’s sale. When the property’s dangerous condition is caused or created by another, an independent claim against the other may lié in negligence and that claim, unlike the premises-liability claim against the: owner, does not necessarily end with the. property’s sale. The issue in this cause is whether that rule also applies to a property owner who creates the dangerous condition — that is, whether the property owner owes…