Sturbridge Partners, Ltd. v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, because a landlord was aware of prior burglaries of vacant apartments, it was reasonably foreseeable that an unauthorized entry could occur when an apartment was occupied that resulted in a “brutal rape”
• holding that, because a landlord was aware of prior burglaries of vacant apartments, it was reasonably foreseeable that an unauthorized entry could occur when an apartment was occupied that resulted in a “brutal” rape
• noting that the court must consider the proximity of the prior crimes in evaluating whether they are similar
• explaining that a landlord had a duty under OCGA § 51-3-1 to exercise ordinary care to protect tenants against third-party criminal attacks even in the tenant’s own apartment
• employing a liberal PSI test; holding that two prior burglaries of apartments was sufficient to make a rape in an apartment foreseeable
• holding evidence of prior burglaries was sufficient to give rise to a jury issue as to whether or not an apartment complex had the duty to exercise ordinary care to safeguard its tenants against the foreseeable risks posed by the prior burglaries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

87 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Timberwalk Apartments, Partners, Inc. v. Cain
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 417×
• Posecai v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-11-30· cited 177×
• Delta Tau Delta, Beta Alpha Chapter v. Johnson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-07-12· cited 99×
• L.A.C. Ex Rel. D.C. v. Ward Parkway Shopping Center Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2002-05-28· cited 92×
• Munroe v. Universal Health Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 80×
• Carlock v. Kmart Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-15· cited 72×
• In re Equifax, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2019-01-28· cited 48×
• Martin v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-05· cited 47×
• TGM Ashley Lakes, Inc. v. Jennings
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-01· cited 43×
• Brown v. All-Tech Inv. Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-15· cited 37×
• Doe v. Prudential-Bache/A.G. Spanos Realty Partners, L. P.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 37×
• Agnes Scott College, Inc. v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-05-24· cited 35×
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-26· cited 28×
• Ratliff v. McDonald
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-18· cited 28×
• FPI Atlanta, L.P. v. Seaton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-03· cited 27×
• Jackson v. Post Properties, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 27×
• Post Properties, Inc. v. Doe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 23×
• Brownlee v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-15· cited 22×
• CHAM v. ECI MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-15· cited 22×
• Walker v. ADERHOLD PROPERTIES, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-25· cited 21×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 2,024×
• Days Inns of America, Inc. v. Matt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-13· cited 63×
• Lay v. Munford, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-23· cited 49×
• Savannah College of Art & Design, Inc. v. Roe
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-07· cited 44×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Godard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1955-02-16· cited 41×
• Matt v. Days Inns of America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-18· cited 39×
• Sun Trust Banks, Inc. v. Killebrew
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 36×
• McClendon v. Citizens & Southern National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-18· cited 34×
• Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. v. Snowden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-06· cited 20×
• Doe v. Prudential-Bache/A.G. Spanos Realty Partners
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-19· cited 18×
• Ritz Carlton Hotel Co. v. Revel
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-02-14· cited 18×
• Shoney's, Inc. v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-10· cited 17×
• Woods v. Kim
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-23· cited 13×
• Scott v. Housing Auth. of Glennville
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-01· cited 9×
• J. C. Penney Co. v. Spivey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-02· cited 9×
• Henderson v. Kroger Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-04-04· cited 4×