UDR Texas Properties, L.P. v. Petrie (Opinion)
Annotate this CaseAlan Petrie was assaulted and robbed in The Gallery apartment complex’s visitor parking lot. Petrie sued the apartment complex and its owners (collectively, Gallery), alleging that it knew or shown have known about the high crime rate on its premises and in the surrounding area yet failed to use ordinary care to make the complex safe. The trial court concluded that Gallery owed no duty to Petrie. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that there was evidence that Gallery knew or should have known of a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the court of appeals failed to properly consider whether the risk of harm was unreasonable. The Court further rendered judgment in Gallery’s favor because Petrie failed to argue or offer any evidence of the burden that preventing such a crime would impose on Gallery.
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