Vernon v. Kroger Co.

ON CIVIL PETITION FOR TRANSFER

SELBY, J.

Appellant Robert Vernon (“Vernon”) brings' this appeal of an adverse summary judgment ruling in a negligence action. This case is one of three that we decide today on the common premises liability issue of whether a landowner/invitor ever owes an invitee a duty to take reasonable care to protect the invitee from the criminal acts of a third party. Vernon filed a complaint against the Kroger company (“Kroger”) and B.J. Realty for damages he sustained after he was assaulted in a parking lot owned by B.J. Realty and in front of a Kroger store. Both Kroger…