Southeast Apartments Management, Inc. v. Jackman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a negligent hiring claim failed as a matter of law because “there are no facts that would have put the owner on notice that its hiring of [the employee] might reasonably lead to a predawn assault on the tenant”
• \This Court has recognized the independent tort of negligent hiring.\ (citing J. v. Victory Tabernacle Baptist Church , 236 Va. 206 , 208-09, 372 S.E.2d 391 (1988) ; Davis , 133 Va. at 78-81 , 112 S.E. 628 )
• negligent retention “based on the principle that an employer ... is subject to liability for harm resulting from the employer's negligence in retaining a dangerous employee who the employer knew or should have known was dangerous and likely to harm”
• using similar language to describe the tort of negligent retention
• involving an employee who sexually assaulted a tenant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).