Funchess v. Cecil Newman Corp.

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

At approximately 11 p.m. on May 12, 1995, three unidentified intruders entered the apartment leased by J.W. Haynes, Jr. at the Cecil Newman Plaza apartment complex and shot Haynes, killing him. The killers were never apprehended. Respondent Janice Funchess, Haynes’ mother and trustee for his heirs, filed suit alleging that Haynes’ death resulted from negligence by appellants Cecil Newman Corporation and Gravzy Group LLC (collectively, Newman/Gravzy), owner and management company, respectively, of Cecil Newman Plaza. The district court granted Newman/Gravzy’s motion…