Krier v. Safeway Stores 46, Inc.

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

The primary issue on review is whether, under the circumstances before us, a landlord or tenant owes a duty to protect persons on the property from criminal acts of third parties. In the early morning hours on November 25, 1992, Daryl Dean Krier (Krier), an employee at the Town and Country Safeway store in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was stabbed and killed by a burglar who had entered the store to steal cigarettes. Lois Ann Krier, as personal representative of Krier’s estate, filed negligence claims against the premises lessee Safeway Stores 46, Inc. and the store manager Rodney…