Opinion ID: 2584009
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Heading: Content of Defendants' Summary Judgment Motion

Text: ¶ 7 FSF Overlake Associates, D.G.M. Overlake, Inc. and Trust Property Management, Inc., the Defendants, owners and managers of the apartment complex, filed their motion for summary judgment arguing that 1) they owed no duty to the Evers to maintain a crime-free apartment environment, 2) even if they owed a duty, the Evers' injuries were caused by the intentional crimes of third parties, which was a supervening cause of any alleged injuries, and 3) they could not be liable for misrepresentation, because Plaintiffs did not rely on any allegedly false statements by any of the Defendants. ¶ 8 In support of this motion, Defendants set out the following uncontroverted facts: 1. In May 2000, the Overlake Apartments, located at 7902 N.W. 21st Street in Bethany, Oklahoma, were owned by FSF Overlake Associates; 2. In May 2000, the Overlake Apartments were managed by Trust Property Management, Inc.; 3. The Plaintiffs resided in Unit E-20 at the Overlake Apartments from July 1999 through May 22, 2000; 4. Unit E-19, the apartment adjacent to Unit E-20, was raided by the Bethany Police on May 18, 2000, and an illegal methamphetamine laboratory was discovered; 5. The parties arrested in connection with the methamphetamine laboratory did not have prior criminal records; 6. Following the police raid, the plaintiffs immediately gave notice of termination of lease and moved from the Overlake Apartments; 7. After the police raid, the plaintiffs resided in a different apartment unit until they were able to physically move from the Overlake Apartment community; 8. Beginning December 1, 1999, at the latest, Overlake requested all residents to sign a Lease Addendum for Drug-Free Housing.