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CLOHESY v. FOOD CIRCUS SUPERMKTS, INC.

149 N.J. 496 (1997)

694 A.2d 1017

MARY CLOHESY, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN DALTON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FOOD CIRCUS SUPERMARKETS, INC., T/A TWIN COUNTY GROCERS OR FOODTOWN OF RED BANK, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AND PHILIP REARDON, JR., DEFENDANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Schottland argued the cause for appellant (Schottland, Manning & Rosen, attorneys; Mr. Schottland and Nicholas C. Caliendo, on the brief).

Jane Garrity Glass argued the cause for respondent (Garrity, Graham & Favetta, attorneys; Michael A. Graham, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether the owner of a large supermarket with a correspondingly large parking lot had a duty in 1991 to provide security or warnings in its parking lot to protect its customers from the criminal acts of third parties, when prior similar criminal acts had not occurred in the parking lot. Kathleen Dalton, a customer at defendant's supermarket, was abducted from defendant's parking lot...

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