GRIFFIN v. WEST RS, INC.

No. 41904-8-I.

984 P.2d 1070 (1999)

97 Wash.App. 557

Christie GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. WEST RS, INC., d/b/a Trammell Crow Residential Services, a Texas Corporation; and Anthony Wayne Spencer, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

October 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Douglas Jensen and Mark Steven Northcraft, Northcraft & Tierney Pc, Seattle, Anthony W. Spencer, Roy, for Respondents.

Philip James Buri, Brett & Daugert, Bellingham, for Appellant.


COX, J.

At issue in this case of first impression is whether a special relationship creating a duty may exist between a residential landlord and its tenant. Assuming such a relationship exists, we must also decide the nature of the duty owed by the landlord to protect its tenant against foreseeable criminal conduct on the premises. We hold that West RS, Inc., d/b/a Trammell Crow Residential Services had a duty to protect Christie Griffin, its tenant, from foreseeable...

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