Evidence that a dangerous crime occurred anywhere in the Steamtown Mall parking garage provided a sufficient basis to dismiss the mall’s argument that it had no duty to ensure the safety of a business invitee who was injured during an alleged carjacking attempt, the state Superior Court has ruled.
A three-judge panel of the court reversed a decision from the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas that tossed the plaintiff’s premises liability claim in Young v. Prizm Asset Management for failing to establish a duty under the Restatement (Second) of Torts Section 344.
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