Stripling v. Armbrester

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the owner, managing agents, and a tenant of a shopping center who were sued by a business invitee whose car was stolen from the shopping center parking lot.

On September 4, 1982, at approximately 6:00 p.m., George W. Stripling parked his car in the Mountain Brook Shopping Center parking lot adjacent to Mathews Cafeteria, one of the businesses in the shopping center. After locking his car, Stripling and his wife entered the cafeteria to eat dinner. When Stripling returned to the space where he had parked his car, he discovered…