Opinion

Taylor v. Centennial Bowl, Inc.

  • 65 Cal. 2d 114
  • 52 Cal. Rptr. 561
  • 416 P.2d 793
  • 1966 Cal. LEXIS 182
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Aug 15, 1966
Status
Published
Author
McCOMB
On the bench
McCOMB, Peters
Cited by
93 cases

273 police calls and 160 arrests at a bowling alley in a six-month period

How later courts described this case

  • 273 police calls and 160 arrests at a bowling alley in a six-month period
  • Owner-operator of a bowling alley had duty to protect business invitees from criminal acts of third persons consistent with Restatement (Second) of Torts § 344.
  • to show defendant’s knowledge that violent acts regularly occurred on its premises

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

McCOMB, J.

I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Presiding Justice Wood in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One (Taylor v. Centennial Bowl, Inc., Civil No. 29007, filed December 28, 1965, certified for nonpublication).

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