Legal Opinion
Truog v. Mid-America Apartment Cmtys., Inc.
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided February 12, 2019No. Case No. 6:17-cv-2088-Orl-37KRSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROY B. DALTON JR., United States District Judge
This case concerns horrific facts: the sexual assault of an eight-year-old boy by his fourteen-year-old male babysitter. (Doc. 2, ¶¶ 12, 15, 20; Doc. 53-2, p. 49:6-10.) Defendant Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. ("MAA ") operates the apartment complex where the assault took place and where both minors resided with their families. (Doc. 2, ¶¶ 9, 11-20.) Plaintiffs are the victim's parents. (Id. ¶ 12.) At issue is whether MAA, as Plaintiffs' landlord, can be held liable for the assault because it knew that the babysitter sexually assaulted…
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