Theis v. Abduloor

Plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendant summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) on the ground that as a matter of law defendant did not owe plaintiff a duty to protect her as a business invitee from injuries inflicted by unknown third-party criminal actors who "mugged” her. We affirm.

On July 5, 1985, after plaintiff left defendant’s store in Detroit and was proceeding to her car, she was attacked and mugged by two people who held her, hit her over the head and dragged her across the parking lot. It was plaintiff’s contention that defendant had reason to know or should have…