Kerns v. Methodist Hospital

KELLY, Judge:

In this case we are called upon to determine whether a hospital and a security firm may be held liable for injuries to a pizza deliveryman suffered in an armed robbery by unknown assailants on hospital property guarded by a private security firm, based upon a theory of a negligent undertaking to provide adequate security. We affirm the order granting summary judgment in favor of the hospital and the security firm.

We are also asked to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in proceeding to the merits of the summary judgment motion when an order extending the time…