Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | USA | 3 Oct 2008
In Geringer v. Hartz Mountain Development Corporation, the Superior Court of New Jersey held that while a landlord owed no duty to maintain or repair a stairway within the tenant's leased space when the lease expressly delegates such responsibility upon the tenant, the landlord did owe a non-delegable duty of care in approving the design and construction of the stairway when no construction......