What is a hazardous condition on the property of another?
Property owners may be liable for the hazardous conditions on their property that they knew or should have known existed. The degree of care a property owner must exercise depends on the reason the visitor is on the property. Sometimes the property owner has an obligation to fix the hazard or protect the visitor from injury, while other times the property owner only needs to warn one of the hazard. Some hazards can be obvious, like a clearly broken step on a set of stairs. Others may be hard to see, such as a hole in the ground that is covered by debris.
