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Sharon P v Arman and Apcoa (1999), 21 Cal. 4th 1181.


The California Supreme Court reinstated a summary judgment in favor of our insured defendant parking garage operator on a claim by a patron assaulted at gunpoint, on the basis that no legal duty existed. Sharon P v Arman and Apcoa (1999), 21 Cal. 4th 1181. After obtaining summary judgment in behalf of Apcoa, operator of the parking garage, plaintiff successfully appealed to the California District Court of Appeal, which reinstated her lawsuit based on earlier California precedent in the California Supreme Court’s decision in 1976 in Isaacs v. Huntington Memorial Hospital. Apcoa, and building owner Arman, then petitioned for review in the California Supreme Court, and were joined by many amicus parties, as the legal issue involved, liability of owners and operators of private property for wrongful conduct of third parties coming on the land, is of such widespread concern. The California Supreme Court granted review of the District Court of Appeal decision and in a published opinion held for defendants, reinstating the trial court’s decision. The California Supreme Court decision discusses the important role of foreseeability in evaluating the scope of a landowner’s duty of care.


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