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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Nivens v. Corner.

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1 Nivens v. Corner Anchor
wash · 1997
green “a business owes a duty to its invitees to protect them from imminent criminal harm and reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct by third persons.” 6
2 Hutchins v. 1001 Fourth Avenue Associates
wash · 1991
green “the usual case where a duty may be found to protect others from third party criminal assault involves a business and its invitee” 3
3 Miller v. Staton
wash · 1961
green “evidence of conduct of patrons on prior occasions ... to show similar conduct could reasonably have been anticipated.” 3
4 Berglund v. Spokane County
wash · 1940
green “the financial burden, technical considerations, and other factual circumstances are all factors to be considered in determining whether or not the defendant complied with its duty to use reasonable care.” 3
5 Tae Kim v. Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.
wash · 2001
green “this court has rejected utilization of high crime rates as a basis for imposing a tort duty” 3
6 Christensen v. Royal School District No. 160
wash · 2005
green “existence of a legal duty is a question of law and 'depends on mixed considerations of logic, common sense, justice, policy, and precedent” 3
7 Wilbert v. Metropolitan Park District
washctapp · 1998
green “ordinarily, foreseeability is a jury question and a criminal act can be held unforeseeable as a matter of law only 'if the occurrence is so highly extraordinary or improbable as to be wholly beyond the range of expectability.” 3

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