Personal Injury Law

Business Owners Now Owe Nondelegable Duties to Keep Premises Reasonably Safe

By Geoff Trachtenberg

"Attention Safeway shoppers, business owners now owe nondelegable duties to their invitees to keep their premises reasonably safe."

Steven H. Simon sued Safeway after he was injured during a store altercation with a security guard who "physically and sexually" assaulted him. The guard was employed by a third-party company who had contracted with Safeway. He mistakenly concluded that Mr. Simon had stolen some items, Mr. Simon then asked to speak to the manager and the altercation began.

Full post as published by Scottsdale Personal Injury Lawyer on December 26, 2007 (boomark / email).