Business Court Expands Potential Duties of Landowners for Torts that Begin on Their Property, but Conclude Elsewhere

That’s what a patron of Northlake Mall and Northlake Commons reportedly asked in an online forum about safety concerns at these Mecklenburg County shopping venues. The plaintiff in Brown v. TM Northlake Mall, LP, 2025 NCBC 13, proposed that as a central issue for a retail area burdened with more than 1,000 reported crimes from 2017 to 2022, including rape, robbery, and murder. Id. ¶ 4….
By: Fox Rothschild LLP