· 8/28/1974
Gulf Reston, Inc. v. Rogers
Citations
- 215 Va. 155
- 207 S.E.2d 841
- 1974 Va. LEXIS 252
How courts have described this case
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- emphasizing that in cases where a duty to protect from criminal conduct existed, the breach of the duty occurred “in areas where frequent robberies and rapes were committed, and such occurrences . . . were known to the” defendants
- insufficient evidence to show criminal violence upon tenant reasonably foreseeable by landlord
- rejecting such a special relationship in the landlord-tenant context
- applying a special relationship analysis to a criminal assault
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Judges: Snead, I'Anson, Carrico, Harrison, Harman, Poff
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