Can a business owner be held liable if a person is injured by a criminal attack by a third party on the businesss property?
If you are injured by a criminal attack on the property of a commercial business, that business is generally not liable for your injuries unless the business should have reasonably foreseen the crime occurring. For example, if there were several prior attacks similar to the attack at issue, you may be able to establish that the attack was foreseeable. In that case, the business owner has a duty to use reasonable care to protect entrants from foreseeable crimes.
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