Lord v. D & J Enterprises, Inc.

In this premises liability case involving a third-party criminal act, Ida Lord (“Lord”) appeals the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of D & J Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Cash on the Spot (“D & J”). Lord asserts the circuit court erred in: (1) finding the balancing approach adopted in Bass v. Gopal, Inc., 395 S.C. 129, 716 S.E.2d 910 (2011) (“Gopal II”), which is used to determine a business owner’s duty to protect a patron based on the foreseeability of violent acts by third parties, applied prospectively; and (2) granting summary judgment as she presented a genuine issue…