Same As It Ever Was – Merchants Have Only a Limited Duty to Respond to Criminal Acts on Their Premises

This case reinforces the long-held doctrine that a merchant or landowner’s only duty in responding to an independent criminal act occurring in the common areas of their premises is to make reasonable efforts to timely contact the police once a risk of imminent harm is recognized.

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