Mulvihill v. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. Plaintiff was assaulted by a group of males in defendant’s parking lot at approximately 2:00 a.m. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to provide adequate security to prevent the attack. Defendant has no duty “to take protective measures unless it is shown that [it] either knows or has reason to know from past experience ‘that there is a likelihood of conduct on the part of third persons * * * which is likely to endanger…
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