Not Your Property, Not Your Liability: Summary Judgment Granted in Favor of Jons

July 12, 2010

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge recently granted summary in favor of Jons Marketplace in a matter where an 11-year-old girl suffered a serious ankle fracture while leaving a Jons store in Van Nuys with her mother.

The Hon. Michael Latin ruled that Jons could not be liable as a matter of law because the injury occurred on the sidewalk of a shopping center where the market was situated but not owned or controlled by Jons.

Plaintiff alleged that the sidewalk was a dangerous condition that caused her to "trip/slip/fall." The court agreed with Jons that plaintiff could not establish claims for negligence/premises liability because Jons did not owe plaintiff any duty of care as a non-owner of the property in question.

Guy R. Gruppie and Marieanne Zakarian successfully represented Jons.