Court Opinion

ID: 9932546
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:40:54.985841+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:53:11.446267
License: Public Domain

I write specially to point out some important facts that the dissenting opinions fail to consider. Rockwell asked the manager of Whataburger to call the police several times after it became apparent that a "three on one" fight was imminent. The manager not only refused to call the police, apparently in violation of Whataburger's policy, but she also failed or refused to exert any effort to defuse the situation or to save Rockwell from impending harm; instead, she ordered him and his three assailants to go outside to fight, placing him in imminent danger. Surely, repeated requests by a customer/invitee to call police so as to prevent imminent danger creates a duty of care on the part of a business invitor. The factual issue of when the manager finally called the police was a question for the jury.