Marshall v. Playa L&M Enterprises
Plaintiff and appellant Edward James Marshall (Marshall) appeals judgments following grants of summary judgment in favor of defendants and respondents Playa L&M Enterprises (Playa), Decron Properties Corporation (Decron), Furama Hotel LA (Furama) (collectively, the hotel defendants) and Excellence Security Service, Inc. (Excellence) (collectively, defendants).
In this action against property owners and a security company for negligence based on their alleged failure to provide adequate security measures, the essential issue presented is whether a triable issue exists as to causation.
Court conclude Marshall failed to present substantial evidence of a causal link between his injury and defendants failure to provide greater security. The opinion of Marshalls security expert that hourly security patrols probably would have prevented the attack rested on speculation and was insufficient to raise a triable issue as to causation. Therefore, the judgments are affirmed.
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