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Negligent Security Cases
Negligent security cases arise when an individual is injured or killed because of carelessness or neglect on the part of property owners and businesses. Such cases may include rape and assaults in parking lots, apartment buildings, hotels, stores, and other businesses.
People have a right to personal safety while they are on someone else’s business property. Businesses have a duty to provide reasonably safe environments for their clients and customers. If property owners do not conform with this duty, they may be liable for injuries to people on their property.
Negligent security cases generally involve an injury to an individual as a result of an injury on a third parties premises. These frequently occur at malls, apartments, shopping centers, hotels, residential buildings, motels, office buildings, schools or parking garages
Although the general common law principle is that there is no duty to protect against harm caused by the criminal act of a third party, an exception is that a duty is imposed to take reasonable measures where such criminal acts are foreseeable. Thus whether or not there is liability for negligence in a negligent security case turns on the issue of foreseeability.
Generally, there are five types of negligent security cases:
1. Inadequate security
2. Inadequate lighting
3. Inadequate security mechanisms, procedures, facility design
4. Inadequate key control (hotels/motels/apartments)
5. Inadequate supervision (children, incompetents)
The Restatement of Torts 2nd §344 provides that landowners are liable for failing to exercise reasonable care to (a) discover that such acts are being done, or (b) give adequate warning so visitors can avoid the harm. There is usually no duty unless the owner/occupier knows or has reason to know of the acts of third persons.
If you or someone you know has been injured due to "negligent security", you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Please click on the link provided below for a free evaluation of your claim by an experienced attorney. There is no cost or obligation for this service.
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