Law, Business, and Society 9th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 28

In 1996, Mark Merrill entered a clinic for compulsive gamblers and wrote to Trump Indiana, a casino in Gary, Indiana asking that he be evicted if he ever entered to gamble. Merrill's name appeared on Trump Indiana's eviction list. Nonetheless, Merrill later gambled at the casino suffering substantial losses. In December 1998 and January 1999, Merrill robbed banks, apparently to cover his gambling losses. He was convicted of bank robbery, but while in prison he filed suit claiming Trump Indiana was negligent in failing to keep him from gambling at the casino. Rule on Merrill's negligence claim. Explain. The fourpart negligence test that follows will help you resolve Merrill's claim.