Sharon P. v. Arman, Ltd

In Sharon P. v. Arman, Ltd. (1999) 21 Cal.4th 1181, the plaintiff was sexually assaulted at gunpoint at 11:00 a.m. in an underground parking garage as she was leaving her car. The plaintiff worked in the office building and the garage was reserved for tenants of the building. She sued the owner of the premises and the company which provided the parking services alleging that their failure to provide adequate security resulted in the attack. She pointed out various ways the garage was dangerous including darkened areas and an inoperative security camera. She also established that the two years prior to her rape, there had been seven robberies in the bank which occupied the ground floor of the building. ( Id. at pp. 1186-1187.)