Cheryl Brown Giggers, et al. v. Memphis Housing Authority, et al.

This appeal involves a wrongful death action arising from the fatal shooting of a tenant at a public housing property. The decedent was in the manager’s office of the apartment complex when another tenant, who was involved in an altercation with a security guard on the premises, obtained a rifle from his apartment and began shooting at the security guard. The decedent was struck and killed by a bullet fired by the other tenant during the incident. The plaintiffs, the surviving children and sister of the decedent, sued the defendant owner and operator of the public housing property, asserting claims for wrongful death through negligence and breach of contract per the lease agreement. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.