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Personal Injury & Torts

May 6, 2000

Ugly Looks

Practitioner: Tort Law By Paul D. Fogel and Lisa M. Baird One of the established cornerstones of premises-liability law is that premises owners owe a legal duty to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition. Although that duty includes the need to protect users of the premises from third-party criminal conduct, the courts have long struggled to define the circumstances when it is appropriate to impose that duty.

By Paul D. Fogel and Lisa M. Baird
         One of the established cornerstones of premises-liability law is that premises owners owe a legal duty to maintain their premises in a reasonably safe condition. Although that duty includes the need to protect users of the premises from third-party criminal conduct, the courts have long struggled to define the circumstances when it is appropriate to impose that duty....

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