DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 15.4
Duty of Property Owner to Anticipate Crimes of Third Parties
DUTY OF PROPERTY OWNER TO ANTICIPATE
CRIMES OF A THIRD PARTY
A property owner is not an insurer of public safety. But a property owner who
invites the public onto the property for business purposes and who knows, or should
know, of a history of criminal activity on the property must take reasonable care to
protect the public from the crimes of others.
If you find that crimes previously occurred on the property, and that
[defendant’s name] knew, or should have known, about these crimes, and if you
find that [defendant’s name] failed to take reasonable care to protect [plaintiff’s
name] from similar crimes by another, then you must find [defendant’s name]
negligent.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
910961b08382686aaa9f66e5ec60e9363a35ca2b157cd6b0ca85e0edd648042c
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