How Negligent Security Claims Differ From Car Accident Claims

Answer:

Sometimes we get asked if a negligent security case different from an auto case. In an auto case, sometimes the facts are pretty clear: someone ran the red light and T-boned someone else and they got hurt. We know pretty clearly who the players are, who the defendant is. This is not so much the situation in a negligent security case. It’s not good enough to say someone got hurt.

We’ve got to show that you got hurt because the property owner of the management company or the security company didn’t provide the appropriate level of security. It’s a more complicated case. It takes longer and is more expensive. The outcome can be less clear than in an auto case. They are riskier cases. Many times, we don’t know all that we would like to know without filing the lawsuit. Then we go through a digging process. It’s called discovery where we learn things. We learn more entities to sue. We may not have all of the defendants in play at the very beginning. They are different on a number of levels, including complexity and expense. Having said that, if you have been hurt or been attacked, you’ve been assaulted on somebody else’s property, call us right away. We’ll set up an appointment. We’ll sit and go over everything and we’ll map out a plan of how we can help you best.