Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 10/3/2011

Troxel v. Iguana Cantina, LLC

Citations

29 A.3d 1038
201 Md. App. 476
2011 Md. App. LEXIS 137

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holding harm foreseeable based on prior, similar incidents of rowdy crowds growing out of control in the absence of security measures
declining to address an issue when the trial court neither ruled on it, nor based any portion of its decision, oral or written, on it
imposing duty, where twelve reported aggravated assaults on the premises and security guard’s sworn statement estimated up to five fights per night on “college nights,” put property owner on notice that college night was a dangerous condition contributing to criminal activity
“[C]ausation-in-fact may be found if it is more likely than not that the defendant’s conduct was a substantial factor in producing the plaintiff’s injuries.”
Landowner has duty “to eliminate conditions that contribute to criminal activity if the landowner had prior knowledge of similar criminal activity—evidenced by past events—occurring on the premises.”
nightclub patron who was attacked by another patron inside nightclub sued the nightclub owner for negligently failing to take steps to prevent assault; summary judgment for nightclub owner on issue of duty reversed based on evidence of prior incidents of similar violence

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Judges: Eyler, James, Kehoe, Mittelstaedt

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