Title: Property Owner vs. Occupier Liability for Personal Injury | AllLaw
Headings: Property Owner vs. Occupier Liability for Personal Injury
Property Owner vs. Occupier Liability for Personal Injury
Most often, the occupier (tenant or occupying owner) will be held responsible for unsafe property conditions.
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Content: Finally, if a lease or ordinance doesn't make an owner responsible for dangerous conditions that occur while the tenant is in control of the property, the tenant will be held responsible for any injuries caused by the condition. However, if a lease, ordinance or other regulation requires the owner to repair certain conditions, or if the owner otherwise promises to fix a condition, but the condition causes an injury anyway, the owner will be liable for any injuries despite the tenant's control of the property. Learn more about a landlord's liability for a tenant's injuries. Examples of Owner vs. Occupier Liabilty
Example A: A tenant invites a guest to her apartment. A puddle has formed inside the tenant's apartment next to the tenant's umbrella stand. The guest slips and falls because of the puddle, and is injured. Because the injury occurred in the tenant's apartment and the puddle was caused by the tenant's own umbrella stand (which the tenant controls), the tenant will be liable to the guest. Example B: A tenant invites a guest to her apartment.