Chicago Negligent Security Lawyer

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.

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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.

What Is Negligent or Inadequate Security?

Any victim injured by negligent security could file a civil lawsuit claiming the legal liability caused by a property owner's negligent actions or business. Insufficient protection claims are based on negligence involving premises liability laws where the owner or management failed in their breach to provide a safe environment to visitors, customers, employees, and others invited onto the business.

A property owner's inadequate security measures could lead to a crime victim suffering severe injuries or wrongful death. Many of these negligent security cases leave victims with horrific damages, including traumatic brain injury, internal organ damage, and a severed spinal cord injury.

Every business must provide reasonably adequate protection measures to protect invitees against crimes that could include:

Robbery
Violent crime including assault and battery
Sexual assault
Dangerous conditions
Other criminal acts or shootings

Is Inadequate Security a Reason to File a Lawsuit?

Every business entity is required to take appropriate measures to safeguard customers and employees against assault, battery, and other crimes. Victims injured by insufficient protection have the legal right to file a civil lawsuit based on premises liability laws.

The property owner may be liable for any harm done to visitors, residents, vendors, or other invitees. However, the victim must prove that the property owner, manager, or tenant failed to take adequate security measures to safeguard visitors against injuries.

How Do You Define Negligence?

According to Cornell University, negligence is defined as “a failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances.” Not all negligent behavior involves action. Some negligence occurs by an omission to act, including neglecting to create a safe environment for customers.

Personal injury lawyers build cases under negligence laws where an intentional or unintentional action led to a mistake that harmed someone else. Negligence is based on four essential elements that include:

Duty of care
Breach of duty
Causation
Damages

What Are the 4 Types of Negligence?

Under civil tort law, cases built on negligence contained four essential elements that include:

Duty of Care – the victim must prove that the defendant had a duty of care between the claimant (victim)
Breach of Duty – The negligent party breached their duty (failed in their responsibility) to the victim
Causation – The property owner's negligent action or their failure to act on their responsibility led to the victim’s damage or injuries
Damages – The victim’s damages and injuries are real

How Many Store Shootings Happen Every Year?

According to a story published by CBS, more mass shootings in America occurred in 2019 in the year's number of days. The report shows over 400 mass shootings in the United States that year, including thirty-one mass murders, with many happening in stores, schools, and other public locations.

The number of mass shootings increased dramatically in 2019, up from 346 in 2017 and 337 the year after.

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.

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Examples Of Inadequate Security At Public Facilities

Building an Inadequate Security Case Against a Business Owner When a Crime Occurs on the Property

Negligent Store Security FAQs

What Is Negligent or Inadequate Security?

Is Inadequate Security a Reason to File a Lawsuit?

How Do You Define Negligence?

What Are the 4 Types of Negligence?

How Many Store Shootings Happen Every Year?

Hiring a Chicago Negligent Security Lawyer

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