Howe v. Kroger Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that a tenant who was not responsible for maintaining common areas had no control over a sidewalk
• recognizing the rule in Howe but stating that rule is not applicable to Wal-Mart’s situation
• stating that contractor \who is in control of the premises\ is charged with same duty as owner or occupier
• lease providing that landlord was responsible for common areas absolved tenant from liability for slip and fall
• where lease provided that all \land not covered by buildings is . . . Common Area for the joint use of all tenants [and] customers\ control was with lessor on whom lease imposed duty to maintain such areas

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).