WESTERN INVESTMENTS, INC. v. URENA

No. 03-0919.

162 S.W.3d 547 (2005)

WESTERN INVESTMENTS, INC., Front Royale Apartments, Western Investments d/b/a Front Royale Apartments, Ron Deutsch, Warren Deutsch, and Kate Michon, Petitioners, v. Maria URENA, Individually and as Next Friend of L.U., a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 8, 2005.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn Ailts Derrington, Brock C. Akers, Phillips & Akers, P.C., Houston, for petitioners.

James T. Liston, Francis I. Spagnoletti, Jerry Von Sternberg, Spagnoletti & Co., Houston, for respondent.

Deborah J. Lafetra, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.


Justice O'Neill delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we decide whether a tenant presented any evidence that the acts or omissions of an apartment complex, its owners, and its manager proximately caused a tenant-on-tenant sexual assault that occurred at the complex. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants on all claims, but the court of appeals reversed and remanded. 122...

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