Does the possessor of land have a duty of reasonable care over the condition of the land?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Sprecher v. Adamson Companies, 178 Cal.Rptr. 783, 30 Cal.3d 358, 636 P.2d 1121 (Cal. 1981):

Moreover, the possessor's control and supervisory power over the land has been expressly relied upon by some courts in imposing a duty of reasonable care with regard to a natural condition of the land. Husovsky v. United States, supra, 590 F.2d 944, involved a motorist's suit for injuries he sustained when a poplar tree fell on his automobile while he was driving through a public park. Although India, not the United States, owned the tract of land upon which the tree stood, a federal agency serviced and maintained the tract as well as the surrounding parkland.

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