special negligence duties based on types of defendant

Question 1

duty owed to users of recreational land

Answer 1

landowner who permits the general public to use their land for recreational purposes without charging a fee is not liable for injuries suffered by a recreational user - unless landower willfully and maliciously failed to guard against or warn against dangerous condition/activity

Question 2

duty of possessor to those off premises

Answer 2

generally no duty to protect someone off premises from natural conditions on premises; duty for unreasonably dangerous artificial conditions or structures abutting adjacent land

Question 3

duties of lessor and lessee or realty

Answer 3

lesee - maintain premises
lessor - warn of existing defects of which they are aware or have reason to know and which the lesee is not likely to discover on their reasonable inspection
-if lessor covenants to repair they are liable for unreasonably dangerous conditions
-if the lessor volunteers to repair and does so negligently they are liable

Question 4

duties of vendor of realty

Answer 4

vendor must disclose to vendee concealed, unreasonably dangerous conditions of which vendor knows or has reason to know, and which vendor knows the vendee is not likely to discover on a reasonable inspection