Towles v. Cox

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• concluding that jury was authorized to find that a reasonable person would foresee “that dangerous construction activity might physically encroach upon the sidewalk and thereby present a danger” to those on the sidewalk
• “Ordinary diligence does not require an inspection of property in the absence of any reason for the owner to believe that such an inspection is necessary.”
• jury authorized to conclude that full possession and complete control of premises not surrendered by owner of shopping center to contractor during installation of new water and sewer lines
• jury was authorized to resolve the question whether out-of-town defendant had delivered full and complete control of the sidewalk where plaintiff was injured by a jackhammer operated by an independent contractor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).