Legal Opinion
Cramer Ex Rel. Estate of Zitricki v. Balcor Property Management, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 7, 1994No. 24004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Finney, Justice:
Pursuant to Rule 228, SCACR, the following questions have been certified to this Court by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:
Does a landlord owe a duty to a tenant to provide security in and around a leased premises so as to protect the tenant from criminal activity of third parties?
If so, is the duty derived from the South Carolina Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, S.C. Code Ann. Section 27-40-10, et. seq. (1991), or from common law and under what circumstances does that duty arise?
FACTS
The deceased Genevieve Zitricki was murdered in her…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Feld v. MerriamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Shipes v. Piggly Wiggly St. Andrews, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
- Bullard v. EhrhardtSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1984
- Watson v. SellersCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1989
- Cooke v. Allstate Management Corp.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1990
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3Cited by14 opinions
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