Hill-Junious v. UTP Realty, LLC

Summary

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed summary judgment for UTP Realty, LLC, holding that the landlord had no duty to protect the decedent from the execution‑style shooting because the violence was not reasonably foreseeable and could not have been prevented by the landlord. The court reasoned that without a duty, the negligence claim fails, and no genuine issue of material fact existed.