Practice point: Where a license agreement grants only a license to use the premises, and not a leasehold interest, the landowner remains in presumptive control of its property, and is subject to the obligations of ownership, including the duty to maintain the property in a reasonably safe condition.
Student note: Courts uniformly hold that control is the test to measure the property owner's responsibility in tort.
Agbosasa v. City of New York, NY Slip Op 00250 (2d Dep't January 16, 2019)
Here is the decision.
