Legal Opinion
Steinmetz v. Stockton City Chamber of Commerce
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1985No. Civ. 24496PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PUGLIA, P. J.
Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgments in favor of defendants Stockton City Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and California Human Development Corporation (CHDC). The lawsuit arises out of the fatal stabbing of plaintiffs’ decedent. The issue on appeal concerns a landowner’s liability for a criminal assault by a third person upon an invitee which occurs off the landowner’s premises. We shall affirm.
On the evening of March 4, 1982, decedent attended a business “mixer” sponsored by Chamber. Chamber sponsors periodic “mixers” at the request of individual area businesses.…
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