FORT LAUDERDALE PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER - NEGLIGENT SECURTY

Did you know that owners of property can be responsible for paying medical bills, lost wages and even pain and suffering when someone is a victim of a violent crime on their property?

Everybody knows that a driver that causes an accident can be held responsible for the injury he causes.  Everybody knows that a store can be held responsible when someone slips or falls there.  

But most people don’t know that land owners can be held responsible when muggings, physical or sexual assaults, shootings and/or stabbings occur on the owner’s property.

The owner can be held responsible when the injured person can show that the owner should have provided a certain level of security and a Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyer can help you get compensated if that level of security has not been adequately met.

Whether the crime occurs at a shopping center, mall, apartment complex, nightclub or a bar, the question of security is the crucial reason.  Even parties or graduations that occur at catering halls or a person’s home can result in the victim obtaining insurance benefits.

Florida Victim Compensation Fund

Generally, the injuries suffered by a victim of a violent crime are severe.  Many victims are out of work for extended periods of time and have significant medical bills that add to the stress and strain of the tragedy.  Our Fort Lauderdale personal injury lawyers will direct you and assist you in obtaining any and all benefits available through the State of Florida Victim Compensation Fund.  This fund will pay benefits which will help but not fully compensate the victim for what is usually a life changing event.   Claims for lost wages and medical bills are common.

While many Florida personal injury law firms handle auto accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, product liability and other similar cases, the cases involving civil claims for criminal acts is not common.  These claims, which are referred to as “negligent security” cases, require assistance and testimony from experts that have been in the police and/or security field.   Having handled many negligent security cases over the past 25 years, our firm has gained a very high level of experience in representing victims in civil actions.  Mr. Davis, one of the senior partners of the firm has been a member of the National Crime Victims Association of America.

Beyond the physical injury that one suffers from these types of incidents, often times the more debilitating injury is the emotional and/or psychological impact.  Our Florida law firm will assist the victim or, in certain cases, the family of the victim in obtaining the  emotional/psychological help and support that is needed to move forward after these types of events.  

Below is a link which provides a number of claims filed by our firm in recent years for negligent security actions.