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This case involves an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of O’Connor Management, Inc., d/b/a Rivergate Mall, the defendant, in a lawsuit filed by Norma Jean Lewter, an employee of a tenant. Lewter was criminally assaulted in the mall's parking lot. The central issue revolves around whether the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff to provide adequate security and whether the assault was foreseeable given prior incidents. The court affirmed the summary judgment, ruling that under Cornpropst v. Sloan, there must be actual notice of 'imminent probability of the act' rather than just knowledge of past similar acts, and found no special relationship between the mall and the plaintiff.
Lewter v. O'Connor Management Inc. is a workers' compensation case decided in Court of Appeals of Tennessee. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Court of Appeals of Tennessee.
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This case involves an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of O’Connor Management, Inc., d/b/a Rivergate Mall, the defendant, in a lawsuit filed by Norma Jean Lewter, an employee of a tenant. Lewter was criminally assaulted in the mall's parking lot. The central issue revolves around whether the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff to provide adequate security and whether the assault was foreseeable given prior incidents. The court affirmed the summary judgment, ruling that under Cornpropst v. Sloan, there must be actual notice of 'imminent probability of the act' rather than just knowledge of past similar acts, and found no special relationship between the mall and the plaintiff.
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