Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

It is possible, as she owes a higher duty to protect a tenant than the average person would, but you would have to provide much more information on what happened and what she did that was questionable for an attorney to tell you the quality of the case.

Those cases are hard to win, and often defendants obtain summary judgment and get out of the case prior to trial. You have to basically prove that the specific criminal act was foreseeable, and that had the owner acted a certain way, the theft would not have occurred. There is also a doctrine in negligence that states that the actions of a criminal third party are intervening and superseding causes, which would preclude your recovery.