Lefmark Management Co. v. Old

In this premises liability case, we decide whether a shopping center’s former property *53manager owed a legal duty to a tenant’s customer who was killed during an armed robbery. Winona Old, whose husband was shot and killed at Shipley Do-Nuts & Flour Supply Company, Inc., sued Shipley DoNuts, the Fairbanks Shopping Center, and Leftnark Management Company, the former property manager hired by the shopping center’s owner.

The trial court granted summary judgment for Lefmark and then severed that judgment. The court of appeals reversed and remanded for trial on the merits. 908 S.W.2d 16. We…