DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 15.4A
Duty to Anticipate Acts of Third Parties
DUTY OF PROPERTY OWNER TO ANTICIPATE
ACTS OF THIRD PARTIES
A property owner is liable to a business invitee for injuries caused by the
accidental, negligent or intentional acts of third persons if the property owner failed
to exercise reasonable care either to discover that such acts were occurring or to
protect against them. A property owner is liable if it knew or had reason to know
from past experience that there was a likelihood of conduct on the part of third
persons that was likely to endanger the safety of a business invitee, even though the
property owner had no reason to expect such conduct from a particular individual.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
c8dc88d42e6b439ec00ada7864e56d7b68547906ed8d30efd43f0e5a34196176
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