CLIENT FILE: 3611 001 Case Name: Sloan v. Thornhill Properties, Inc. Pertinent Facts for Assignment: New client Adele Sloan met with partner Phillip Walker yesterday. In addition to handling family law matters, Phillip also handles civil litigation. Ms. Sloan wants to sue Thornhill Properties, Inc., the owner of her apartment complex Ms. Sloan was raped in her apartment by a complex security guard, Lucas Pruitt, while he was on duty. Lucas Pruitt was hired by Scott Cantrell, owner of Thornhill Properties, Inc. two years ago after interviewing him and conducting a background check. In doing the background check, Mr. Cantrell checked Lucas Pruitt's references and found that he had worked at two other apartment complexes. Additionally, he discovered that Lucas Pruitt had been arrested and convicted of assault and battery for his part in a barroom altercation that left two people severely beaten fifteen years earlier. However, Mr. Cantrell also learned that Lucas Pruitt, at the time of the background check, had maintained a clean record for the past ten years. According to his job description as a security guard, Lucas Pruitt would have a master key to all the apartments in the complex. His weekly schedule was determined by Thornhill Properties, Inc. He typically worked the evening shift from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a m Ho was naid a calary roroiving nauchocks twice nor month He was rochoncible