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McKOWN v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.

No. 87722-0.

344 P.3d 661 (2015)

Certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Brendan McKOWN, a single individual, Appellant, v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation doing business as Tacoma Mall; IPC International Corporation, an Illinois corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 5, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell L. Cochran , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Tacoma, Jason Paul Amala , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Seattle, Rodney Bruce Ray , Margullis and Ray Attorneys At Law, PLLC, Tacoma, WA, for Appellant.

Thomas Jeffrey Keane , Thomas Jesse Degan Jr. , Keane Law Offices, Seattle, WA, for Appellee.

Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, Ephrata, WA, for amicus counsel for Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Kristopher Ian Tefft , Washington Self-Insurers Association, Olympia, WA, for amicus counsel for Associaton of Washington Business.

¶ 1 This case concerns the scope of landowners' or possessors' responsibility for harm that results when strangers commit criminal acts against invitees on business premises. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified three questions to us regarding this duty under Washington law. In answering these questions, we hold that when...

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