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MASON v. ROYAL DEQUINDRE, INC.

Docket Nos. 102755, 103786, Calendar Nos. 16-17.

566 N.W.2d 199 (1997)

455 Mich. 391

Steven Craig MASON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROYAL DEQUINDRE, INC., doing business as Royal Lanes, doing business as Dazzles, Defendant-Appellee, and Thomas Wayne Geoffrey, Defendant. Kenneth L. GOODMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony FORTNER, Defendant, and Driftwood, Inc., doing business as Bootleggers, Lansing, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferriby & Houston by Robert L. Ferriby, Jr., and Susan J. Zbikowski, Detroit, for plaintiff-appellant Mason.

D. Dennis Dudley, P.C., Lansing, for plaintiff-appellee Goodman.

Kallas & Henk, P.C. by Ted M. Kozerski and Scott L. Feuer, Bloomfield Hills, for defendants.

Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. by Jeffrey C. Gerish, Detroit, amicus curiae, for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.

Opinion

MARILYN J. KELLY, Justice.

We granted leave to appeal in these consolidated premises liability cases to determine whether merchants have a common-law duty to protect their patrons from the criminal acts of third parties. We affirm the Court of Appeals decisions in both cases. Our holding is that merchants can be liable in tort for failing to take reasonable measures to protect their invitees from...

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