Civil Liability for Car Theft Case in Department Store

Abstract

This research is the qualitative research which collects and analyzes the documentary data. The research aims to study the context and environment of a department store with car theft case, the liability law for car theft case in department store and a guideline to develop the law concerning the legal liability for car theft case in the department store.

The research found that department store was responsible for the security of customer’s properties and should provide strict and effective security measures. If a car is stolen in a department store, it is considered the department store fails to fulfil its duty to take care of customer’s properties. Therefore, it is a legal liability for tort and the department store’s  notice is not a disclaimer of liability that prevents it from legal liability. However, if the department store permits other vendors to rent its area, these vendors are not regarded as a customer of the department store. Therefore, the department store is not liable for the vendor’s car theft case.

The research suggests the following solutions: (1) Producing “Draft Civil Liability for Car Theft Case in Department Store” (2) Defining the criteria that “the department store shall be required to take care of customer’s properties as professional.” (3) Notice for disclaimer of liability for customer’s stolen car case in the department store cannot prevent it from liability. (4) Security personnel should be liable under the contract and (5) the department store should provide a casualty insurance for customers’ car theft case.