In Florida, property owners and business owners have a duty to protect individuals on their property from foreseeable dangers. When they breach this duty, they can be held liable for resulting injuries. The injured individual has the burden to prove that the danger was foreseeable and that the lack of a specific security measure was the reason the crime occurred.
In a negligent security case, a danger is considered foreseeable if a reasonable person could, or should have, predicted that the crime might occur because of the lack of security measures.
While we are based in Miami, we handle cases that happen anywhere in the state of Florida.
Cases involving negligent security can happen for a variety of inadequate security measures, but some common ones include:
Cases involving negligent security can happen anywhere, but common places include: