3rd Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In Premises Liability Assault Case

(February 21, 2017, 8:08 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a premises liability claim against a church in a suit where a man said the church was partially responsible for injuries he sustained on the church’s property when he was attacked after a basketball game, finding that the church is immune from the premises liability claim under New Jersey law (Joshua Park v. Chodae Community Church, et al., No. 16-1532, 3rd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 2363)....