Can a shopping mall owner be held liable for injuries caused by the movement of an unruly crowd?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Vigil v. Harrah's Club, 909 F.2d 1490 (9th Cir. 1990):

Similarly, in Hicks v. M.H.A. Inc., 107 Ga.App. 290, 129 S.E.2d 817 (1963) a Georgia court held that shopping center owners were liable for injuries that resulted from the movement of an unruly crowd during a promotional activity. The crowd had rushed to retrieve paper plates redeemable for merchandise that had been dropped from an airplane during a second anniversary celebration. 129 S.E.2d at 818-19. The court concluded that the crowd's dangerous movements were foreseeable because the same stunt had been performed during the commemoration of the shopping center's first anniversary. Id. at 820.

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