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Litigation

Dec. 16, 1999

Softer Side of Sears Lacking in Safe Parking

A state appellate panel has ruled a department store had no duty to provide better lighting and landscaping in its parking lot to prevent an attempted sexual assault on a passer-by.

By Anna Marie Stolley
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A state appellate panel has ruled a department store had no duty to provide better lighting and landscaping in its parking lot to prevent an attempted sexual assault on a passer-by.
        The decision comes just as the Californi...

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