Legal Opinion
Griffith v. Southland Corp.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 30, 1992No. 1314, September Term, 1991PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALPERT, Judge.
This case is about a police officer who, when placed in a position of peril during the performance of his duties protecting patrons on a business premises, asked an employee of that business to summon aid. The appellee urges that its employee had no such duty. Under the circumstances of the case sub judice, we disagree.
Appellant, David Griffith, an off-duty police officer, became the victim of a savage beating while attempting to restore order on the premises of a 7-11 Store owned by the appellee, The Southland Corporation.1 An employee of Southland was asked to summon aid,…
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