Kopoian v. George W. Miller & Co., Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SMART, Presiding Judge.
This appeal of a negligence action arose out of a robbery and assault which left three people badly injured in the early morning hours of December 7, 1986. Defendant George W. Miller & Co., the owner of townhouse apartments in Kansas City, appeals a verdict in favor of tenants for breach of a landlord’s duty to provide security against criminal assaults. The case involves the issue of whether Missouri has abrogated the rule that landlords generally have no duty to provide tenants with security against criminal acts in the absence of “special circumstances” giving rise…
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- Frances T. v. Village Green Owners Assn.California Supreme Court · 1986
- Trentacost v. BrusselSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
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