Inadequate protection inside a bank can contribute to disastrous consequences during a robbery. A Florida woman discovered the price of a poor security system when she was left paralyzed by a bank robber in 1999. Marishia Scott, 28, was working as a teller at United Southern Bank in Mount Dora when Fred Anderson, now on death row, attempted to rob the bank. Scott was shot through the spine during an altercation. Her co-worker was killed.

Scott sued the bank's security provider, Foreline Security, for failing to install panic buttons, which would alert the police in the event of an attempted robbery, at the tellers' stations. The Lake County jury awarded Scott $26.9 million for medical expenses and for past and future pain and suffering.

The verdict is believed to be one of the largest personal-injury judgments ever awarded in Central Florida. Scott settled with United Southern before the trial began.