FAQ: When is a store owner responsible instead of the property owner of the entire shopping center?
Typically, you will find that the owner of a shopping mall has the main responsibility to maintain all common areas of a mall. However, there are scenarios in which a shop owner is responsible for an accident. Perhaps the store owner had control over that specific property and they failed to clean up a spill even though they were told about it by another customer. Maybe it put up a display of its merchandise in a dangerous part of the store where customers come around a corner and bump into it. Any of these scenarios can quickly become a hazard and a store owner could then be held liable.