Miller v. South County Center, Inc.

CRAHAN, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment for Defendants, South County Center, Inc. (“South County”) and Dillard Department Stores, Inc. (“Dillard’s”) in a negligence action arising from an assault by unidentified assailants which occurred on Defendants’ premises. The undisputed evidence before the trial court was that there had been no prior instances of criminal activity on the premises. We affirm.

The petition alleges that on October 11, 1984, at approximately 5:00 p.m., as Plaintiff was exiting the Dillard’s department store located at South County Center, two…