Morris v. De La Torre

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

As observed in the companion case, Delgado v. Trax Bar & Grill (2005) 36 Cal.4th 224 [30 Cal.Rptr.3d 145, 113 P.3d 1159] {Delgado), courts long have recognized that businesses such as restaurant proprietors have a “special relationship” with their patrons or invitees, and that this relationship imposes upon the proprietor a duty to take reasonable measures to protect such persons against foreseeable criminal attack {id., 36 Cal.4th at pp. 235-236). Specifically, as we stated in Kentucky Fried Chicken of Cal., Inc. v. Superior Court (1997) 14 Cal.4th 814 [59 Cal.Rptr.2d…