Legal Opinion
Southland Corp. v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 9, 1993No. 33, September Term, 1993PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
Our grant of certiorari in this case focuses upon the legal duty, if any, of a convenience store clerk to phone the police for emergency assistance when requested to do so on behalf of a business visitor who was being assaulted on the store-owned parking lot adjoining its store.
I
On May 15, 1988, David Griffith, an out of uniform off-duty police officer, his son, and several friends drove in a pickup truck to a 7-Eleven store in Ferndale, which was owned by the Southland Corporation. After purchasing some carryout food, Griffith returned to his vehicle which was parked in…
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