Hi, my friend at work had her purse stolen in a Pizza place’s parking lot after she exited the pizza place. She just purchased the pizza and walked out the door and was about to get into her car. She put the pizza on the roof of her car and 2 guys came up and ripped the purse off of her shoulder. It is a bad neighborhood. Can she sue the pizza place (because the parking lot is their property) for being negligent in not providing security?
The store’s duty of care did not extend to safeguard against the criminal activity of a third party, by providing its own security for the parking lot. This falls within a well established principle of negligence. As well, it is just one of the many hurdles your friend faces. So no case.