Supreme Court· 12/8/1947

Lillie v. Thompson

Citations

332 U.S. 459
68 S. Ct. 140
92 L. Ed. 2d 73
1947 U.S. LEXIS 1587

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reversing the district court’s finding that there was no causal connection between defendant’s failure to light and guard the premises and plaintiff’s injury, and remanding for a jury determination of whether defendant’s negligence at least partly caused plaintiff’s injuries
employer may have duty to protect employee against foreseeable criminal acts of third parties
plaintiff was injured after being sent into a high crime area by her employer who had actual knowledge of the high frequency of criminal activity
employment conditions requiring employee to work alone in isolated section of dangerous area and to admit anyone who knocked into building lacking windows and outside light foreseeably enhanced risk of criminal attack
intentional assault of a railroad employee by a non-employee

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Judges: Per Curiam

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