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KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN OF CAL. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S051085.

14 Cal.4th 814 (1997)

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; KATHY BROWN, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Genson, Even, Crandall & Wade, Edwin B. Brown, Tod M. Castronovo and John P. Fuchs for Petitioner.

Sharon L. Browne, Anne M. Hawkins, Paul N. Halvonik, Fred J. Hiestand, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Roy G. Weatherup, Lyn Skinner Foster, Jon M. Kasimov, Horvitz & Levy, Peter Abrahams, Julie L. Woods and Elizabeth Skorcz Anthony as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard F.G. Thomas for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.

We are asked to decide whether a shopkeeper owes a duty to a patron to comply with an armed robber's demand for money in order to avoid increasing the risk of harm to patrons. The Court of Appeal held that such a duty exists. Petitioner Kentucky Fried Chicken of California, Inc. (KFC), disagrees and argues that the decision of the Court of Appeal conflicts with that in Vandermost v. Alpha Beta Co....

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