Norby v. Heritage Bank

Phipps, Judge.

Susan Norby, as administratrix of the estate of Michael Norby and individually as his widow, brought this wrongful death action against The Heritage Bank after he was murdered as he was attempting to use a night deposit box on the bank’s premises. The superior court granted the bank’s motion for summary judgment. Finding a lack of similarity between prior crimes committed on the premises of the bank and the decedent’s murder, the court ruled that the latter incident was not reasonably foreseeable by the bank. Norby appeals. Under the right for any reason rule, we affirm.

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