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4354 A landlord who allegedly employed a security guard with knowledge the employee was a convicted felon who was a user of methamphetamine, carried firearms, and threatened tenants may have thereby violated a duty to a tenant shot by the employee; the fact that the shooting occurred on a public sidewalk outside the premises would not prevent imposition of vicarious liability under the respondeat superior theory; even if the shooter was not an employee, the landlord may have violated a duty to evict a tenant who the landlord knew posed a threat to other tenants; even if the shooter was not a tenant, the landlord may have violated a duty to protect tenants from foreseeable criminality.CitationHAWKINS v WILTON (Tenant Shooting) 144 CA4 936 [See: Madhani v Cooper 106 CA4 412, T/AT 3/03]
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