When a property owner fails to provide adequate security and that failure results in a criminal attack on a visitor, the property owner may be liable for the victim's injuries. These negligent security cases hold businesses and property owners accountable for creating dangerous conditions that attract or enable crime.
What Is Negligent Security?
Negligent security refers to a property owner's failure to implement reasonable security measures to protect visitors from foreseeable criminal activity. This can include failing to install adequate lighting in parking garages, failing to repair broken locks or security systems, failing to employ security personnel in high-crime areas, and failing to address known security threats.
Business owners in particular — hotels, apartment complexes, shopping malls, parking lots, bars, and nightclubs — owe a duty to provide reasonable security for their patrons. When criminal attacks occur as a result of inadequate security, the business owner can be held civilly liable.
Proving a Negligent Security Case
To establish negligent security liability, we demonstrate that a criminal act was foreseeable given the property's history or location, that the property owner failed to take reasonable steps to prevent it, and that this failure caused your injuries. Evidence includes prior crime reports at the location, security incident logs, expert testimony from security consultants, and surveillance footage.
Kansas City has neighborhoods with documented crime histories. When a business knowingly operates in a high-crime area without adequate security, and a patron is attacked as a result, the case for negligent security liability can be compelling.
You Deserve Compensation and Justice
A criminal assault can cause physical injuries, emotional trauma, and lasting psychological harm. You deserve compensation for all of it. Call GroverLawKC at (816) 533-3969 for a free, confidential consultation. No fees unless we win.
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