SIMPSON v. BIG BEAR STORES CO.

No. 94-517.

73 Ohio St.3d 130 (1995)

SIMPSON, EXR., APPELLANT, v. BIG BEAR STORES COMPANY, APPELLEE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., L.P.A., and Edward L. Clark, for appellant.

Lane, Alton & Horst, Karen K. Rosenberg and Theodore M. Munsell; Berlon & Timmel and Michael J. McLane, for appellee.

Allen Schulman & Associates and Allen Schulman, Jr., urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


MOYER, C.J.

The issue presented is whether a business owner's duty to provide a safe environment for its invitees may extend to criminal acts of third parties occurring in an area adjacent to the business premises, but not under the control of the business owner. Plaintiff argues that this court should expressly adopt 2 Restatement of the Law 2d, Torts (1965), Section 344, which addresses the liability of a business owner for acts of third parties on premises under...

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