Galanis v. CMA Management Company
Annotate this CaseIn this premises-liability case, the issue this case presented for the Supreme Court's review centered on whether the trial judge erred in holding, as a matter of law, that the owners and management of an apartment complex where Bobby Batiste murdered his roommate, Andreas Galanis, could not be held liable for failing to warn Galanis about Batiste's violent tendencies. According to the trial judge, a resident concern form describing Batiste's violent intent toward a former roommate "alone is insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact" as to whether the complex management knew of Batiste's violent nature. When viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, the Supreme Court concluded this was sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact. Therefore, the Court held that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the apartment complex, reverseed and remanded for trial.
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