Sourakli v. Kyriakos, Inc.

¶1 Mahmoud Sourakli, an innocent passerby, was shot and gravely injured when a bullet hit him in *504the back as he was walking late at night near a popular Seattle nightclub where gang members had gathered. Sourakli seeks to impose liability for his injury upon the businesses that induced the gangs to congregate near the nightclub without providing adequate security services to prevent violence. Ordinarily, third parties do not have tort liability for the criminal acts of others. The conduct of the business defendants who remain in this case does not bring them within the exceptions to the…