Timberwalk Apartments, Partners, Inc. v. Cain

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, ENOCH, OWEN, BAKER, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, joined.

Plaintiff alleges she was raped in her apartment because her landlord failed to provide adequate security. The principal issues are whether plaintiff alleges a negligent activity or a premises defect, whether chapter 92, subehapter B of the Property Code applies to personal injury actions, and whether the risk that a tenant would be sexually assaulted was reasonably foreseeable to defendants. The district court rendered judgment on a verdict for defendants, and the court of appeals…