Negligent Security

Negligent security is the failure to provide the security required by the average reasonable person under the circumstances then and there existing. What does that mean? It might mean a convenience store owner who fails to protect its patrons in a high-crime area. It might an apartment building, or a property owner that fails to …

Normally business owners don’t have a duty to provide a security guard or attendant unless it is a high crime area and the other businesses in the area provide security guards or attendants. The key is what does the average reasonable business owner in the neighborhood under alike or similar circumstances do. If the business …

In a successful negligent security claim you can recover damages that include your past medical bills any sort of future medical expenses that you may have to incur. You may also be able to recover lost wages in the past and you may be able to recover lost wages that you might have in the …

A property owners in most cases does not have a duty to provide security guards. However if they do provide security guards they’re required to provide professional security guards. In one of our cases involving a convenience store the security guard had never been trained and in fact the security guard had an extensive criminal …

You can sue if you’re a victim of an assault and battery during an armed robbery if you’re able to prove that the owner of the shopping center or convenience store did not take the measures that it was required to under the standard of care to protect its customers. If it’s a high crime …

You can sue an apartment building owner for negligent security for a rape that occurs when you’re able to prove that the apartment building owner had notice or knowledge of the criminal activity that was going on in and around the apartment building. Watch more about Negligent security

This is a settlement video involving a severe spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia that resulted in a multi million dollar settlement for the client. Attorney Mark Underwood of Underwood Law Offices prepared video for convenience store shooting case that resulted in paraplegia of victim. The client was shot in the neck while walking across …