In a personal injury negligence case involving a slip and fall on leased property, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court, relying on the precedential decision of Baldwin Shields v. Ramslee Motors, affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to a property owner on the basis that a commercial property owner can properly delegate the duty to remove snow and ice to a tenant. Clark & Fox was instrumental in obtaining the important holding in Ramslee by taking the case all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court to secure liability protection for commercial landowners who
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