WILLIAMS v. CUNNINGHAM DRUG STORES, INC.

Docket No. 77516, (Calendar No. 13).

429 Mich. 495 (1988)

418 N.W.2d 381

WILLIAMS v. CUNNINGHAM DRUG STORES, INC

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rader & Eisenberg, P.C. (by Ronald B. Rader and Merrill H. Gordon); (David J. Franks, of counsel) for the plaintiffs.

Barbier, Petersmarck, Tolleson, Mead & Paige, P.C. (by Daniel C. Symonds and Christopher G. Manolis), for the defendant.


CAVANAGH, J.

In this case of first impression we are asked to determine whether a store owner must provide armed, visible security guards to protect customers from the criminal acts of third parties.

I

On May 4, 1979, plaintiff Willie Williams was shopping in a Cunningham drug store located in a high crime area of the City of Detroit. A plainclothes security guard was employed by the store, but on the day...

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