Simon Property Group, the biggest US mall owner, may need to defend claims it’s liable for a 2023 mass shooting that killed eight and wounded seven others at an open-air outlet center near Dallas, a Texas Supreme Court Justice suggested during oral arguments Wednesday.
Justice Debra Lehrmann indicated an openness to liability for property owners in a mass shooting — an exception from case precedent that generally holds the owner harmless for unforeseeable criminal conduct on their property.
“I just don’t think we can ignore and pretend this issue is like other issues that have been dealt with when …