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NIVENS v. 7-11 HOAGY'S CORNER

No. 64512-4.

943 P.2d 286 (1997)

133 Wash.2d 192

Ken NIVENS, Appellant, v. 7-11 HOAGY'S CORNER; and Southland Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 11, 1997.

As Amended October 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Pemberton, Jr., Tacoma, for Petitioner.

Bonneville, Viert, Morton & McGoldrick by John C. Moore, Tacoma, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, Justice.

We must decide if a business owes a duty to its invitees to protect them from criminal acts by third persons on the business premises. Because a business has a special relationship with them, it has a duty to take reasonable steps to protect invitees from imminent criminal harm or reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third persons.

Appellant Nivens also asks us to decide if a business owes a distinct duty to invitees to retain security...

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