Rosh v. Cave Imaging Systems, Inc

In Rosh v. Cave Imaging Systems, Inc. (1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 1225, a security company had been specifically hired to protect a company's personnel and property. The security company's employees knew recently terminated employees presented potential risks to the company and its hiring managers. Despite notice the assailant had just been fired and was no longer permitted on the premises, the assailant managed to enter the company premises on at least three occasions after he had been fired. When notified of the breaches security company personnel confirmed they would rectify the situation. They apparently did nothing because the assailant returned and shot the manager who had just terminated his employment. (Rosh v. Cave Imaging Systems, Inc., supra, 26 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1231-1232.) In Rosh v. Cave Imaging Systems, Inc., a jury found the defendant negligently failed to provide adequate security services where the plaintiff was shot by a disgruntled and recently terminated employee after the employee was allowed to reenter the employers' secured premises. (Id. at p. 1229.) On appeal, the court rejected the defendant's argument that there was no evidence that it caused the plaintiff's injuries since the plaintiff might have been injured even if it had taken every reasonable precaution. (Id. at p. 1235.)