Bradtmiller v. Hughes Properties, Inc.

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Jeremy S. Bradtmiller appeals the entry of summary judgment in favor of Hughes Properties, Inc. (“Hughes”), owner of the apartment complex in which Bradtmiller lives. Bradtmiller claims that the trial court erred in ruling that Hughes owed no legal duty to protect Bradtmiller from criminal assault inflicted by third parties.

We affirm.

The facts favorable to Bradtmiller, the non-movant, demonstrate that he leased a one-bedroom apartment from Hughes and was assigned one parking space. On four occasions in April and May of 1994, Bradtmil-ler returned to his apartment and…