Nivens v. Corner

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1997-09-11

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Talmadge, J. — We must decide if a business owes a duty to its invitees to protect them from criminal acts by third persons on the business premises. Because a business has a special relationship with them, it has a duty to take reasonable steps to protect invitees from imminent criminal harm or reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third persons. Appellant Nivens also asks us to decide if a business owes…

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