Negligence – Premises Liability – Third-Party Assault – Social Guest
By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 29, 2008
A tenant’s guest who was attacked by a trespasser to the apartment complex can sue the complex owners and managers, who allegedly had claimed enhanced security at the complex, for negligence and as a third-party beneficiary of the contract between the tenant and the landlord, a Loudoun County Circuit Court rules.
Shehan v. Rush (Loudoun County Cir.Ct.) (VLW 008-8-183) (7 pp.)
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