Posts tagged Inadequate Security

• Maersk Alabama ship's cook sues shipowner and employer

  Gerry McGill | April 29, 2009 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Richard Hicks, the ship's cook on the U.S. flagged cargo ship, Maersk Alabama, that was hijacked by Somalia pirates on April 8, 2009 has filed suit against the shipowner and the operator alleging...

• Negligent Property Owners Sued For Death Of Young Man

  Eddie Farah | March 07, 2009 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  James and Cheryl Creech would do anything to see their 22-year-old son again. Antonio Creech was visiting his sister at the Eureka Gardens apartments two days before Christmas 2007 when he was shot...

• Inadequate Security at large Retail Facilities such as Outlet Malls

  Jesse Guerra | September 19, 2007 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsMcAllen, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Many people are not aware that large retail outlets and shopping malls owe a legal duty to their guests to maintain a reasonably safe shopping environment.There are numerous situations where individuals have been kidnapped from a major retail facility and later murdered because of inadequate security. In addition to kidnappings and murders on the premises, people have also been seriously...

• Man Sues Wal-Mart After Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | September 14, 2007 3:41 AM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A man alleges he slipped and fell at a Wal-Mart store in Granite City. There was water on the floor near the restroom and the man slipped in that. His slip and fall lawsuit claims that Wal-Mart failed to maintain the area and provide warning that there was water on the floor. According to the lawsuit filed Aug. 20, Timothy Smith claims that on April 17 Wal-Mart allowed a certain amount of...

• Plaza Nightclub Sued Over Stabbings

  Shannon Weidemann | September 13, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsMcAllen, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Three people were stabbed at a Lafayette, Louisiana nightclub and are now suing the club for providing inadequate security. The men were each stabbed multiple times on September 1st. 37-year-old Patrick George allegedly pulled out a knife inside the bar and stabbed the three men. George is facing three counts of aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon.The assailant is in jail and...

• Two West Virginia Cities Sued for Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | September 13, 2007 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Two cities in West Virginia have been sued in Slip and Fall lawsuits for incidents that happened on city property. The first lawsuit involves the city of Ronceverte and the city's pool. A couple rented the pool for a party in 2005. The wife allegedly fell and is seeking damages for her medical bills. The suit claims Mary Ralston "slipped and fell" while using the bathhouse and picnic areas...

• Four Negligent Security Lawsuits Filed Against Blue Lakes Villas

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The families of four victims filed negligent security lawsuits against the owners of the Blue Lakes Villas apartment complex yesterday. 15-year-old Rashad Bosfield was assaulted on January 15, 2007 and died after being shot in a corridor between apartments at the Blue Lakes Villas Complex. Rashad dreamed of becoming a firefighter and enjoyed helping people.Less than one month later 30-year-old...

• Landlords Take Initiative to Prevent Crime

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Small towns and villages to taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of its citizens by requiring landlords to attend a mandatory crime seminar. The Crime Free Housing Program is designed to help residents, owners and managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.Under the program, all landlords, not only of multi-family rental units but...

• Family Awarded $2 Million in Unsolved Negligent Security Case

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The family of former University of Miami football player, Bryan Pata, will receive a $2 million settlement from the apartment complex in which the shooting death occurred. Pata had returned to his Kendall apartment on November 7, parked in his designated space and began walking toward his door when he was shot and killed. ''It was totally dark,'' said Haggard, of Haggard Law Firm in Coral...

• Miami Negligent Security Lawsuit Filed Against Houston's Restaurant

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Last Tuesday, the family of Bradley Timpf filed a negligent security lawsuit against the owners of Houston's restaurant in North Miami Beach. Dr. Bradley Timpf was found shot in the parking lot of Houston's Restaurant at 17455 Biscayne Blvd. at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. The shooting has not been solved.The lawsuit alleges that, on the night of the shooting, the restaurant had inadequate lighting...