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STAPLES v. CBL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

15 S.W.3d 83 (2000)

Anita Gayle STAPLES and Garland B. Staples, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CBL & ASSOCIATES, INC., Proffitts for Women, Inc., and ERMC LP, d/b/a Russell Security Services, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere Franklin Ownby, III, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Knoxville, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Joe E. Manuel, Manuel & James, Chattanooga, N. Mark Kinsman, Baker, Kinsman & Hollis, Chattanooga, Lex A. Coleman, Richard R. Ruth & Associates, Chattanooga, for Defendants/Appellees.

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

In this case we decide the liability of a shopping mall, its security company, and one of its anchor stores to a customer who was abducted on mall premises. In deciding this issue we apply the reasoning and law set forth in McClung v. Delta Square Ltd. Partnership, 937 S.W.2d 891 (Tenn.1996), which is controlling in cases dealing with the duty of care owed by premises owners or occupiers to protect...

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