What obligations do property owners have regarding safety of their premises?
California state law requires that the person, corporation, or government entity that controls a property has a duty to maintain the property in a reasonably safe condition for all those who enter the property An owner of property in a dangerous condition will be responsible if they created the condition (for example, allow a hole to exist in a walkway without covering it up) or knew about the condition (somebody had left grease on a floor and the employee knew about it but had failed to have it cleaned up) or should have known about it (a dangerous condition existed but the employer never bothered to check into it).
