The division of security responsibilities between apartment complexes and police departments in premises liability actions once again came before the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

The parties in the case at hand asked the court whether a landlord could contract away their obligation to provide security in a lease in a dispute where a woman was killed by gunfire that broke through the walls of her apartment while she was sleeping. The plaintiff-appellees contended that gang violence plagued the apartment complex in the months leading up to the woman's death, including shots fired into other units and someone tagging her apartment.