VERNON v. KROGER CO.

No. 50S04-9907-CV-380.

712 N.E.2d 976 (1999)

Robert VERNON, Appellant (Plaintiff Below), v. The KROGER COMPANY, a corporation, Lasalle Square Associates, an Indiana Limited Partnership, Lavon R. Blankenbaker, General Partner, Waldemar Hefner Assoc., an Indiana Limited Partnership, Thomas L. Hefner, General Partner, Dwain F. Bower, Richard L.Johnson, Limited Partners, B.J. Realty, Inc., Garry B. Lindboe, and Vincent W. Todd, Appellees (Defendants Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Ball, Paul Kusbach Attorneys, South Bend, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant.

John C. Hamilton, John E. Doran, Doran, Blackmond, Ready, Hamilton & Williams, South Bend, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee, The Kroger Company.

R. Kent Rowe, Steven D. Groth, Rowe & Rowe, South Bend, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellees, B.J. Realty, Inc., Gary B. Lindboe, and Vincent Todd.


ON CIVIL PETITION FOR TRANSFER

SELBY, J.

Appellant Robert Vernon ("Vernon") brings this appeal of an adverse summary judgment ruling in a negligence action. This case is one of three that we decide today on the common premises liability issue of whether a landowner/invitor ever owes an invitee a duty to take reasonable care to protect the invitee from the criminal acts of a third party. Vernon filed a complaint...

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