Your company owns a strip mall and rents space to various businesses, ranging from a barber shop to a furniture store. Having never had issues in the past, your lease agreements are silent as to any obligations to maintain and repair common areas. One day, a regular customer of the strip mall decided to purchase a large recliner from the furniture store. When attempting to carry the recliner to his truck by himself, he tripped and fell on the sidewalk which resulted in severe injuries. When you arrived at the scene, it became clearly apparent that the customer had tripped over a 2-inch rise in a broken slab, most likely created by a freezing and thawing cycle. The furniture store owner supported this conclusion and further stated that he had been aware of the sidewalk's condition for several months. What is your liability and the liability of the other parties

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Teagan Shah

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17 August, 01:09

Your company owns a strip mall and rents space to various businesses, ranging from a barber shop to a furniture store. Having never had issues in the past, your lease agreements are silent as to any obligations to maintain and repair common areas. One day, a regular customer of the strip mall decided to purchase a large recliner from the furniture store. When attempting to carry the recliner to his truck by himself, he tripped and fell on the sidewalk which resulted in severe injuries. When you arrived at the scene, it became clearly apparent that the customer had tripped over a 2-inch rise in a broken slab, most likely created by a freezing and thawing cycle. The furniture store owner supported this conclusion and further stated that he had been aware of the sidewalk's condition for several months. What is your liability and the liability of the other parties

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Darcy · Answer 1

The responsibility of the store owner is to assist the customer who got hurt and fix the defective sidewalk. My responsibility is to charge and ensure that the sidewalk situation is resolved as soon as possible.

Explanation:

A customer suffers an accident that caused serious injuries inside a store in a mall I own. When I go to talk to the store owner about the accident, I learn that the accident happened because the store owner was negligent about the defective store structure he rents from my mall. In addition, the store owner says he had been aware of the defect for a long time, but did nothing to resolve it.

This shows that the accident was the result of the negligence of the store owner and for that reason, he must bear the consequences of his irresponsibility.

The store owner must provide all the support the injured customer needs to treat his injuries, in addition, he must repair everything that is defective in the physical structure of the store. My duty in this case is to supervise and ensure that the store owner complies with all of this.