Upholding dismissal of a shopper’s slip-and-fall suit, a state appeals court on Monday declined to extend a commercial tenant’s duty of care to an adjacent parking area.
“[A]s a general rule, when a commercial tenant in a multi-tenant shopping center has no control or contractual obligation to maintain a parking lot shared with other tenants, the common law does not impose a duty upon the tenant to do so,” the Appellate Division said in Kandrac v. Marrazzo’s Market, A-6081-10, a published decision.
