Texas Supreme Court

Lefmark Management Company, Petitioner v. Winona Old

May 16, 199740 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 577

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that Lefmark Management Company owed no legal duty to protect Winona Old's husband from criminal acts because it lacked control of the shopping center at the time of the robbery. The Court affirmed that duty exists only when the defendant has control or falls within a recognized exception, which did not apply here.