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Property owners must provide a safe environment for their customers, usually under complex state laws regarding premise liability laws regarding negligent security.
A business owner may be held legally liable for any person injured due to inadequate security measures at a business establishment caused by negligent security.
The Chicago, IL personal injury attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC represent victims injured through negligent security measures at big-box stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, grocery stores, shopping centers, and other retail establishments.
Contact our Chicago, IL law office today at (888) 424-5757 for a free consultation to discuss your Chicago negligent security case. Let us build a case for you or your loved one to ensure you receive compensation for your medical expenses, hospitalization costs, lost wages, pain, and suffering.
Examples Of Inadequate Security At Public Facilities
Each state may have different laws defining adequate security. However, there are certain safety precautions accepted as the business owner’s responsibility. These laws can leave much to interpretation, which is why these cases can be so complicated.
Some examples of possible insufficient protection are:
- Insufficient lighting in stairways or parking lots
- Lack of security cameras in restricted areas
- Broken locks or security code access devices
- Insufficient security guards
- Medical facilities, including nursing homes and hospitals not screening visitors
- Retaining staff members with violent backgrounds
- Slow or no response to needs for assistance
The basic idea is that property owners must use reasonable care to protect their patrons from harm. The level of protection expected depends on the type of business and the property's location that the injuries happened.
Some examples of injuries due to negligent security are:
- A criminal enters a hotel room due to the security lock not functioning and assaults the person staying in the room.
- Another patron injures a person at a nightclub, and the business staff does not react quickly to stop the violence or aid the injured person.
- A woman is sexually assaulted at an apartment complex due to insufficient security to keep out intruders.
- Money that was stolen from a casino patron in the parking lot
Building an Inadequate Security Case Against a Business Owner When a Crime Occurs on the Property
Evidence will be required to prove a premises liability case if someone is injured due to property owners' lack of protection. Just because a person is injured while at a place of business does not automatically mean that the property owner is at fault or will be found by a court to be responsible for the victim's medical bills.
The plaintiff must prove that the property owner failed to provide adequate security and should have prevented the injury using better protection methods.
Some elements that may need to be established in premises liability cases are:
- Foreseeability. Was the injury foreseeable by the business, thus preventable?
- Previous issues. Has the same kind of issue occurred before, yet the business owner has not improved protection to prevent it from happening again?
- Reasonable safety. Did the injury occur due to the business not providing occupants protection to ensure its customers' reasonable safety?
There are many gray areas in a negligent security premise liability case that need to be proven by the plaintiff’s attorney. These cases often involve intense investigations, testimony by expert witnesses, and research to prove liability.
Attorneys working on behalf of the victims and negligent security cases could show criminal activity could have been prevented had property owners installed sufficient security cameras, hired guards, and better maintained the property.
Negligent Store Security FAQs
Our Chicago, Illinois personal injury attorneys know that you likely have many unanswered questions concerning being injured on someone else's business through their negligence. Our legal team has answered some of those questions below.
Contact our Chicago, IL law office today at (888) 424-5757 for a free consultation to get more answers. We are here to help.
Hiring a Chicago Negligent Security Lawyer
Many security liability personal injury cases involve violent harm, injury, or death to the victim. Our negligent security attorneys understand these crimes' sensitive nature and the toll they can take on the individual and their families.
Were you, or a loved one, injured by negligent security? The Chicago personal injury attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC helps victims of preventable crimes receive financial compensation for their losses when inadequate protection is attributed to their injury. Our team of Chicago premises liability attorneys will work diligently to prove your case.
Contact a Chicago negligent security lawyer today at (888) 424-5757 (toll-free phone call) or through the contact form to schedule a free consultation. All discussions with our negligent security lawyers remain confidential through an attorney-client relationship.
Our legal practice areas include car accidents, slip and fall injuries, medical malpractice, defective products (product liability), nursing home abuse, and wrongful death.