Credit: Big54/Adobe Stock Mall Security Had No Duty to Protect Customers in Parking Lot Shooting, Federal Judge Says in Tossing Wrongful Death Suit
When Malcom Winffel and Carl Unger arrived at the mall on May 6, 2016, a woman ran toward them seeking help after what appeared to be an attempted carjacking by Eulalio Tordil.
May 27, 2022 at 12:52 PM
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A federal judge sided with a Westfield Montgomery Mall owner and its security provider last week, finding it did not owe a legal duty to protect a man who was fatally shot and another injured in the mall parking lot.
When Malcom Winffel and Carl Unger arrived at the mall on May 6, 2016, a woman ran toward them seeking help after what appeared to be an attempted carjacking by Eulalio Tordil. Tordil was on the run after allegedly shooting and killing his wife the previous day, according to the opinion filed May 19 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
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