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If you really want to get some money out of these business, have someone kill you in the parking lot, then your estate can sue the bar.

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I know you spoke in jest, but exactly what legal theory would you plan on using here?

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Premises liability, see page 1 of this thread.

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Yea, I get the premises liability part, I just didn't understand how your little fact pattern, without more, imposed liability. I know it was in jest, but in an "ask your legal questions" thread we might as well be passing along accurate information.

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Well, aren't we snippy? What is it you don't understand about how the doctrine of premises liability imposes liability? The classic premises liability case is someone getting mugged in the parking lot of a 7-11, and suing 7-11 for failure to warn/remedy an unsafe condition.

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Calm down, I wasn't being snippy (or meaning to be). I just think it's important to know that just because you are mugged in a parking lot doesn't mean there is liability. "Failure to warn/remedy an unsafe condition" requires a certain level of foreseeability, which probably varies a bit state to state.