A woman sued after she was attacked in a luxury apartment complex, saying the Salt Lake City building’s owners didn’t do enough to protect her. The apartments’ lawyers denied liability, placing blame instead on the attacker — and the woman herself.
4th West Apartments, located at 255 N. 400 West in Salt Lake City. A woman who was attacked just inside the main entrance is suing the complex, arguing it did not do enough to protect her safety.Her mind froze as a stranger pointed a gun at her in the stairwell of a Salt Lake City apartment complex. He demanded she take her clothes off.
With her pants around her ankles, she lunged at him, she said, with the instinct to try to get the gun. He pushed her to the floor, she said, grabbing and scratching her chest.The 24-year-old woman is now suing 4th West Apartments, alleging it did not do enough to protect her safety. The issue of tenant safety has been underscored in recent years by an apartment building boom across the Wasatch Front that is, in many cases, creating thousands of new housing units in areas that are marginal by definition. Some, like the new 4th West complex, are in places that had not recently been residential.
Her lawsuit alleges that there were supposed to be two security guards at the complex — but there was only one working on Feb. 13 during the early morning hours when she was attacked. After the man fled, the woman ran upstairs and her friend called 911. But by the time a Salt Lake City police officer arrived, the man was gone. He’s never been found, according to public records, and police have closed the case.
4th West Apartments, located at 255 N. 400 West in Salt Lake City. The complex denies being liable for a February assault at the main entrance of the complex. He also argued that the apartment complex has no control over the persons who harmed her, and managers did not act with malice. The law allows renters who are proven victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual offenses, burglary or dating violence to require their landlords install new locks on their residential units — providing the renter pays.
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