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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)

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Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)
Parent Document
Atelier Constantin Popescu, LLC v. JC Corp., 134 Conn. App. 731 (2012)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
2012-04-17

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With regard to nondelegable duties arising out of a lessor’s contractual obligation to make repairs, § 419 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts provides: “A lessor of land who employs an independent contractor to perform a duty which the lessor owes to his lessee to maintain the leased land in reasonably safe condition, is subject to liability to the lessee, and to third persons upon the land with the consent of the lessee, for physical harm caused by the contractor’s failure to exercise reasonable care to make the land reasonably safe.” 2 Restatement (Second), supra, § 419. Comment (c) to § 419 states: “If the lessor is under a statutory or contractual duty to repair, he is subject to liability • • • for harm caused by the careless or unskillful workmanship *751which the contractor bestows upon the repairs which he makes . . . Id., § 419, comment (c).