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Ward v. Inishmaan Assocs. Ltd. Partnership
Citation:
931 A.2d 1235 (N.H. 2007).Facts
The Plaintiff, Kristin Ward, was attacked by Merry Sommers who stabbed her several times. The attack happened outside of the Plaintiff’s apartment. The Plaintiff and Sommers were neighbors in a large, mixed income housing complex owned and managed by the Defendants, Inishmaan Associates and JCM Management Co. Problems between the Plaintiff and Sommers began several years prior. Sommers often made offensive comments to the Plaintiff, frequently banged on the wall separating their two apartments, and made numerous and unsupported complaints about the Plaintiff to management. Several months before the stabbing, Sommers pushed the Plaintiff’s car door into her while the Plaintiff was getting her son out of his car seat. The Plaintiff complained to the police and regularly registered her complaints with Defendant JCM’s personnel.
After the stabbing, Sommers was arrested and subsequently charged with attempted murder. The Plaintiff sued the Defendants claiming that they failed to protect her from Sommer’s criminal assault. Sommers died before being brought to trial on the criminal charges.
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