Goode v. St. Stephens United Methodist Church

ANDERSON, Judge:

Alphonso Goode filed a complaint against St. Stephens United Methodist Church, d/b/a St. Stephens Apartments, Insignia Financial Group, Donald Bowen and Mack Gibson (collectively called “St. Stephens”) for injuries he sustained when he was attacked on the grounds of the St. Stephens Apartments. The trial judge granted St. Stephens’s motion for summary judgment, finding St. Stephens had no duty to protect a visitor to the apartment complex from the criminal acts of third parties. Goode appeals. 1 We affirm. 2

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 12, 1993, Alphonso Goode was…