WINGARD v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

Docket No. 20512.

123 Cal.App.3d 37 (1981)

176 Cal. Rptr. 320

MOLLIE WINGARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

July 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rishwain & Hastings and Charles L. Hastings for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Diehl, Steinheimer, Riggio, Haydel & Mordaunt and Douglas A. Haydel for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BLEASE, J.

Plaintiff Mollie Wingard appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained the motion of defendant, Safeway Stores, Inc., for summary judgment. At issue is whether Safeway, which contracted with a security service for a security guard to protect its warehouse against theft, owed a duty to protect the guard against rape by an intruder. We affirm the judgment.

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