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At Charlip Law Group, LC our Miami negligent apartment security attorneys will provide you with passionate representation and compassionate counseling coupled with the knowledge and experience drawn from almost 40 years of personal injury trial practice. Our multilingual staff will deal with your issues promptly and always keep you timely informed about the progress of your case. Charlip Law Group, LC has the answers – you will learn about:

Our team of negligent security attorneys understands how overwhelming it can be to pursue negligent security cases. We are here to help. If you or a loved one has been hurt in a negligent security accident, ensuring your well-being should be your top priority. You deserve to be compensated correctly.

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What is a Negligent Security Claim and How Does It Work?

Managers, landowners, security company managers, and other people who manage a business site have a responsibility for protecting visitors and anyone using the property and surrounding areas. These individuals and organizations could be held partially responsible for an attack or assault that occurs on their property. Negligent security settlements or other positive outcomes are possible for victims if victims and their lawyers can prove that the individual or entity did not fulfill their protective duty.

What Are the Elements of a Negligent Security Lawsuit?

Owners are responsible for taking steps to ensure that guests are safe if they know or should know about criminal or dangerous behavior on their property. You have the right to sue a property owner if you are injured by their negligent security measures. These are the things you will need to prove in order to receive compensation for negligent security.

You can only file a negligent security claim if your injury occurred while you were an invited guest. To prove you were present on the property in order to benefit the owner, you will need to show that there was expressed or implied invitation.

There is a limit to the time you have to seek compensation if you have been injured in an accident involving negligent security. In Miami, you have four years to file a claim in most cases. If your claim is not filed within the time limit, you will not be able to get the compensation that you deserve. It is important that you speak to an attorney immediately after the accident.

Different jurisdictions have different legal requirements regarding what constitutes a negligent security claim. The courts of the 20th century recognized that “foreseeable crime” could be considered reasonable protection. This was just one type of harm to which there should be a duty to prevent and warn. This concept relies on the ability to have control over the property. Third parties generally have little to no control, so those with control of the property or the right are liable for any duty. Although most jurisdictions have this duty, there is a wide range of definitions and applications. The substantive rules of law can also differ from one state to the next.

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The Owner didn't have the appropriate safety measures in place

Negligent security is when the property owner was negligent in any way. Negligence is when someone breaches a duty to care for another person. If the property owner didn’t have appropriate and reasonable safety measures, they will have violated their duty of care.

These are reasonable safety measures that could be taken:

It really depends on what situation you are in. Security measures will depend on the type and location of the business as well as the crime rate.

Seeking the help of an experienced negligent security lawyer is important if you were the victim of a case involving security negligence. Your security while you are inside a property should have been protected. A negligent security case can be pursued with the help of a skilled lawyer.

Contact us today at (305) 354-9313 to discuss your negligent security case with a Miami personal injury lawyer.

What Types Of Damages Can Be Recovered In A Negligent Security Lawsuit?

The severity of an injury, as well as the plaintiff’s intent to sue, will impact the number of damages awarded. Florida has seen several million-dollar negligence security verdicts. The court considers many factors when deciding how much compensation to pay the survivors of the victim who has died. The following factors are considered:

If the victim is able to survive the attack, they may be eligible for compensatory damages. Compensatory damages are intended to “make the victim whole” once again. Non-economic and economic damages can be included in compensatory damages. These are the tangible figures that can be attributed to economic damages, such as:

In negligent security cases, non-economic damages cannot be easily determined. In negligent security cases, the award of damages will depend on each victim’s unique circumstances and the extent to which the attack affected and will continue affecting their lives. The victim’s enjoyment of life and emotional distress will be considered by the court. They also have to consider the victim’s pain and suffering.

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Whatever the circumstances of your or your family member’s injury from a violent criminal incident at an apartment complex or any other commercial establishment, our negligent security lawyers can help you explore your options for pursuing legal action. Reach out to us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a free evaluation of your negligent security case. You pay nothing unless we recover compensation on your behalf. Our lawyers are experienced in dealing with negligent security claims. We may be able to help you. Call (305) 354-9313 today.

Why Choose Our Negligent Security Lawyers?

Why are we different from other Florida injury law firms? It starts with our personal service and compassion for your loss and pain. At our firm, you are not just one of the thousands of other clients with cases, you are someone we care about on a personal level who trusts in us and help you seek honors and humbles us. We work very hard on your behalf to uphold the trust and confidence you have placed in us to obtain the best result possible for you. To that end, we only accept clients for whom we believe we can obtain a result that will provide them satisfaction and suitable compensation for their losses and injuries.

Fortunately for you, we can offer you the highest level of legal services available. Mr. Charlip was an honors graduate of the University of Florida School of Law, Executive Editor of the Law Review, Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Civil Law Notary, and has almost 40 years of civil jury trial experience. There’s a reason we’re ranked among the top personal injury firms in Florida – we’re not afraid to fight in court to get you the largest possible jury verdict or settlement. Our results speak for themselves – our most recent jury trial verdict in a premises liability case was for $5 Million, one of the top 50 verdicts in Florida for 2019 and one of the highest premise liability verdicts in Florida!

From the very beginning, we develop an evidence-driven expert-supported creative, and effective strategy that is designed to achieve a favorable conclusion to your case. Every step of the way, we can be there by your side providing the aggressive yet compassionate support you need.

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Board certification recognizes attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. Established in 1982 by the Florida Supreme Court, board certification helps consumers identify specialists in various areas of law. Certification provides an objective measure that a potential client can rely upon when selecting a lawyer. When you hire any professional, expertise matters – you don’t go to a family practitioner physician to evaluate and treat a suspected cancer. Similarly, when hiring a negligent security attorney, it will not cost you any more to hire a specialist recognized by the Florida Bar as a civil trial expert.

Personal injury and wrongful death negligent security trial lawyers are willing to handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. A lawyer who charges a contingency fee will not charge you a fee for his/her time unless there is a recovery. If a recovery is made, then the lawyer’s fee is based upon an agreed percentage of the gross amount recovered. The lawyers at Charlip Law Group, LC charge contingency fees in accordance with the Florida Supreme Court guidelines, typically 33-1/3% in a case that is settled before the need for a lawsuit arises, and 40% when a lawsuit becomes necessary and is contested. The contingent attorney’s fee does not include the costs of pursuing a claim, which may range from just a few hundred dollars to tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. These costs are payable separately and not as a part of the contingent fee. Although many law firms may require you to pay these costs in advance, at Charlip Law Group, LC we understand that the consequences of an injury make it difficult, if not impossible, for our clients to advance the costs of a case. In personal injury and wrongful death cases, we pay the costs, and simply ask to be reimbursed at the conclusion of a case when your recovery is received.

First, determining whether there have been prior incidents of violent crime on the property is important. Then it is important to investigate the history of how any prior criminal incidents were responded to by the property owner or management, including the security measures that were in place at the time of the incident. Premises liability focuses on the duty of property and business owners and managers to exercise reasonable due care in addressing foreseeable hazards, including particularly foreseeable criminal activities.

Second, we would look at the reason the victim/potential client was at the property. You do not have to reside at an apartment complex to be entitled to be safe when visiting someone there. Property owners are held to various standards that apply because of the reasons people visit the property. For example, apartment complex owners are held to the highest standard for their tenants, also known as invitees. They must also make sure the property is safe for the guests of tenants and for potential future tenants who are visiting the property.

Third, we look at the victim/potential client’s role in the criminal event and analyse whether and to what extent a case can be made on his/her behalf.

When a person dies or is the victim of violent crime, a whole series of professionals get involved and events associated with that death or criminal act proceed on a pretty fixed quickly advancing time schedule.

People die in a variety of different situations, in a hospital, at home, while traveling, at work, in a car or boating accident, so of course there will be variations but boiled down, you can usually expect a doctor or coroner preparing and determining cause of death, a funeral director making arrangements for final disposition, some type of investigatory authority, whether the local police, OSHA, the Highway Patrol or the Coast Guard making some investigatory report.

Criminal acts also involve multijurisdictional investigations – police, insurance, housing, etc.

All of these professionals will likely be involved within 24-36 hours of the death or crime. Therefore, it is important that a potential client who might be seeking legal advice do so quickly before investigations are concluded, final disposition decisions are made or chances to control or be involved with matters associated with the death or criminal investigation pass.

Yes you can. First, determining the cause of a criminal incident is often very difficult and is best left to experienced negligent security lawyer to sort through the admissible evidence. Any seasoned plaintiff’s lawyer knows that if you eliminate all the ways you potentially can lose a case, you can only have a successful outcome. For that reason, part of advancing your case involves minimizing any potential claims that you were involved somehow, that this was a “street-beef” or that the attack could have happened anywhere. A lawsuit requires proof and evidence. Your lawyer will assemble that evidence and evaluate what it ultimately can be utilized to prove. You should always let a well-qualified legal professional evaluate whether it makes sense to pursue your claim. You will pay no attorney’s fee if there is no recovery so consulting with a lawyer is always a high value proposition.

No. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. You should speak with the lawyer and get a sense if he or she is someone you trust and is someone you can work with. You should speak with the law firm staff and get a sense of whether they are responsive and able to give your case the time and attention it deserves. You should evaluate the lawyer’s reputation, years of experience, credentials, expertise, awards and achievements. While a settlement of say $400,000 in a serious personal injury case may seem like alot, without knowing or understanding the facts of that particular case, you cannot know whether that settlement was a good or bad result. The case might have actually been worth $1,000,000. For those reasons, settlement amounts contained in signs and advertisements should not be of any importance in deciding which law firm to retain for your case.

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The attorneys at our firm bring many years of training and experience to the practice of law. Our multi-lingual staff will deal with your issues promptly. We are conveniently located in Miami-Dade County. Our South Florida location allows us to serve our clients in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties; throughout Florida and the United States.

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