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DOE v. HUNTER OAKS APARTMENTS, L.P.

No. 2011-CA-00795-COA.

105 So.3d 422 (2013)

Jane DOE, Appellant v. HUNTER OAKS APARTMENTS, L.P., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ashley Ogden , James W. Smith Jr. , Wendy Michelle Yuan , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

William M. Dalehite Jr. , Jackson, James Seth McCoy , attorneys for appellee.

Before IRVING, P.J., CARLTON and MAXWELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. "It is basic tort law that before one can be found negligent he must owe a duty to the injured party."1 Here, Jane Doe, the manager of Shadowbrook Apartments, sued Hunter Oaks Apartments L.P., an adjacent apartment complex, alleging the brother of one of Hunter Oaks' tenants went through a hole in Shadowbrook's fence and sexually assaulted Doe in Shadowbrook's office. Doe sought to hold Hunter Oaks...

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